Abstracts

(45.5% versus 31.4%), anxiety (27.0% versus 19.8%),

depression (16.5% versus 9.5%), stress (9.8% versus 4.9%),

hyperglycaemia (20.5% versus 11.2%), hypogonadism

(20.4% versus 14.2%), erectile dysfunction (43.3% versus

20.1%) and lower urinary tract symptoms (39.3% versus

28.4%).

Conclusions: Urban poor men were older and had

significant higher morbidities compare to non-urban

poor. They should be the main target for effective health

promotional activities.

Keywords: Urban poor, morbidity pattern, men’s health,

epidemiology

53Men’s health – Let’s talk about it! The 2008–2010National Men’s Health Ambassador Speaker Program

J. Fairbairn. National Community Partnerships & HealthPromotion Manager, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia,Australia

The 2008–2010 National Men’s Health Ambassador

Speaker Program (NMHASP) is a successful health

promotion model creating awareness of prostate health

and continence health in Australian men. The program

wasconceptualised and is managedby the Prostate Cancer

Foundation of Australia and is funded by the Australian

GovernmentDepartment of Health and Ageing – National

Continence Management Strategy – National Men’s

Continence Awareness Project.

105 Volunteer Ambassador Speakers were trained and

reached 44,269 audience members with a standard

presentation between 1 October 2008 and 31 May 2010.

592,885 information resources were distributed. The

majority of organisational representatives arranging the

Ambassador presentations (83.5%) felt that the overall

understanding by the audience was ‘very good’ or

‘excellent’. The majority of audience members (74.9%)

found the presentation to be ‘very’ or ‘extremely useful’.

The majority of Ambassadors (80.9%) also felt that the

effectiveness of the presentation was ‘very good’ or

‘excellent’.

The presentations were shown to be effective in eliciting

a call-to-action with audience members indicating that

they would: consult a doctor, health professional or

health service (41.1%); use the information for future

use as needed (31.2%); or pass information on to family

or friends (24.4%). Data from the National Continence

Helpline measured an increase in male callers of 68.9%

from 1 October 2008 to 31 March 2010.

Evaluation data from a total of 11,357 audience members

suggests that the National Men’s Health Ambassador

Speaker Program has reached a higher proportion of

men in rural areas of Australia (average 0.96%), regional

areas (average 0.67%) and remote areas (average 0.82%)

than metropolitan areas (average 0.15%). This model

is flexible, transportable and economical. The National

Men’s Health Ambassador Speaker Program has the

capacity and infrastructure to be duplicated for other

men’s health awareness messages.

54LUTS, ED and depression among Japanese patientswith late-onset hypogonadism symptoms

T. Takao, A. Tsujimura, Y. Miyagawa, N. Nonomura,A. Okuyama. Department of Urology, Osaka UniversityGraduate School of Medicine, Japan

The aim of this study was to investigate the relation

between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), erectile

dysfunction (ED), and depression in Japanese patients

with late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) symptoms. The

study comprised 87 Japanese patients with LOH

symptoms (>27 points on the Aging Males Symptoms

Scale). Thirty-four patients were diagnosed as having

depression and the remaining 53 patients were

diagnosed as not having depression by the Mini

International Neuropsychiatric Interview. We compared

the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) 5,

International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), IPSS quality-

of-life (QOL) index, King’s Health Questionnaire (KHQ),

endocrinological data, and free uroflow study between

depression and non-depression patients and performed

multiple logistic regression analysis. IIEF5 scores of

depression patients were significantly lower than those

of non-depression patients. In KHQ, only the category

of general health perceptions was significantly higher

in depression patients than non-depression patients.

However, IPSS, QOL index, and endocrinological and

uroflowmetric data showed no significant difference

between the groups. Multiple logistic regression analysis

revealed moderate and severe ED to be risk factors for

depression. However, LUTS are not related to depression.

Moderate and severe ED is correlated with depression,

whereas LUTS are not related to depression in Japanese

LOH patients.

Poster Presentations

55Sex differences in glycaemic control and complicationsin Malaysian diabetes registry

C.B. How1, C.A. Theng1, Z. Ahmad1, M. Ismail2. 1UniversityPutra Malaysia, Malaysia; 2Klinik Kesihatan Ampangan, NegeriSembilan, Malaysia

Background: An Audit of Diabetes Control and

Management (ADCM) is the online diabetes registry

databases started in May 2008 as a pilot project in

Negeri Sembilan (NS) with the intention of gathering and

monitoring the provision of diabetes care, hence to better

inform outcomes of treatment, budget planning, health

education for both the physician and patients and as a tool

to increase awareness of the potential serious impact of

this disease on the country. It is managed by a secretariat

based at Clinical Research Centre,Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

This registry has its main source data providers (SDP) from

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