Test if you have erectile dysfunction

There is no substitute for an open discussion with your doctor about ED. This self-assessment quiz may help you identify issues to initiate the conversation. Your results here will give your doctor a better idea of what you have been experiencing and how you feel about it.

This quiz is not intended to replace a physical examination, a medical history or identification of specific cultural, educational and economic factors that influence your life.

Erectile dysfunction impact scale*

Mark the number that best describes your answer.

If you were to spend the rest of your life with your erectile condition the way it is now, how would you feel about that?

1 Very dissatisfied __

2 Rather dissatisfied __

3 Mixed, about equally satisfied and dissatisfied __

4 Rather satisfied __

5 Very satisfied __

Erectile dysfunction intensity scale*

Each question has several responses. Record the number that best describes your own situation. Then, add up your total score. Please be sure that you select one and only one response for each question.

Use this scale to answer the next question:

1 Almost never or never

2 A few times (much less than half the time)

3 Sometimes (about half the time)

4 Most times (much more than half the time)

5 Almost always or always

1. How often were you able to get an erection during sexual activity?

Your answer: __

2. When you had erections with sexual stimulation, how often were your erections hard enough for penetration (entering your partner)?

Your answer: __

3. When you attempted intercourse, how often were you able to penetrate (enter) your partner?
Your answer: __

4. During sexual intercourse, how often were you able to maintain your erections after you had penetrated (entered) your partner?

Your answer: __

Use this scale to answer the next question:

1 Extremely difficult

2 Very difficult

3 difficult

4 Slightly difficult

5 Not difficult

5. During sexual intercourse, how difficult was it to maintain your erection to completion of intercourse?
Your answer: __

Instructions for scoring

Add the scores for each item 1-5 (total possible score = 25).
 
ED severity classification

Total score 5-10 (severe); 11-15 (moderate); 16-20 (mild); 21-25 (normal). An aggregate score of the 5-items scale can be calculated and used to classify the severity of the disorder.

The questions above should only be completed by individuals who have been sexually active and have attempted sexual intercourse in the past three months. For sexually inactive individuals, the questionnaire may be answered for the last period of time (three months or longer) during which the individual was sexually active.

*1st International Consultation on Erectile Dysfunction, 1-3 July 1999, Paris