Table 3 Germany: Internal structure of the AMS over time. Comparison of community samples with a sample of males with dysfunctions requiring treatment. Factor loadings only depicted if 0.5 or more in the sub-scales: psychological (psych), somatic (somat), and sexual sub-scale (sex).
From: The Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) scale: review of its methodological characteristics
COMMUNITY SAMPLES | SAMPLE WITH DYSFUNCTION | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 1996 | 1997 | 2003 | 2002 | |||||||||
N | 116 | 958 | 4633 | 943 | |||||||||
Item Nr. | Psych | Somat | Sex | Psych | Somat | Sex | Psych | Somat | Sex | Psych | Somat | Sex | |
Burned out | 13 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||||||
Depressive, more | 11 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Irritability, increased | 6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Anxious, more | 8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Nervousness, more | 7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Joint complaints, more | 2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Sweating, increased | 3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||||||||
Sleep, need for more | 5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Well-being, impaired | 1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Sleep disturbances, more | 4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Muscular weakness | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Physical exhaustion | 9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Sexual potency, impaired | 15 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||||||||
Morning erections, less | 16 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||||||||
Libido, disturbed | 17 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Passed peak | 12 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
Decrease of beard growth | 14 | 0.2 | 0.6 | ||||||||||