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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Review Open Access The Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) scale: review of its methodological characteristics Isolde Daig1, Lothar AJ Heinemann*2, Sehyun Kim3, Somboon Leungwattanakij4, Xavier Badia5, Eric Myon6, Claudia Moore7, Farid Saad8, Peter Potthoff9 and Do Minh Thai2 Address: 1Institute Medical Psychology, University Centre for Human & Health Research, Berlin, Germany, 2Center for Epidemiology & Health Research Berlin, Invalidenstr. 115, 10115 Berlin, Germany, 3Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University, Korea, 4Section of Male Sexual Dysfunction, Division Urology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, 5Health Outcomes Research Europe, Barcelona, Spain, 6PharmacoEconomics Programmes, Pierre Fabre ., Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 7Medical. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Review Open Access The Aging Males Symptoms AMS scale review of its methodological characteristics Isolde Daig1 Lothar AJ Heinemann 2 Sehyun Kim3 Somboon Leungwattanakij4 Xavier Badia5 Eric Myon6 Claudia Moore7 Farid Saad8 Peter Potthoff9 and Do Minh Thai2 Address 1Institute Medical Psychology University Centre for Human Health Research Berlin Germany 2Center for Epidemiology Health Research Berlin Invalidenstr. 115 10115 Berlin Germany 3Department of Preventive Medicine College of Medicine Pochon CHA University Korea 4Section of Male Sexual Dysfunction Division Urology Ramathibodi Hospital Bangkok Thailand 5Health Outcomes Research Europe Barcelona Spain 6PharmacoEconomics Programmes Pierre Fabre . Boulogne-Billancourt France 7Medical Affairs Andrology Jenapharm Jena Germany 8Fertility Control Hormone Therapy Corporate Strategic Marketing Male Health Care Schering AG Berlin Germany and 9NFO Health Europe Munich Germany Email Isolde Daig - Lothar AJ Heinemann - Heinemann@ Sehyun Kim - skim@ Somboon Leungwattanakij- ptuaja@ Xavier Badia - xbadia@ Eric Myon - Claudia Moore - Farid Saad - Peter Potthoff - Do Minh Thai - dominhthai@ Corresponding author Published 15 December 2003 Received 09 October 2003 Accepted 15 December 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1 77 r This article is available from http content l l 77 2003 Daig et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background The current paper reviews data from different sources to get a closer impression on the psychometric and other methodological .