Ongoing pain, sexual desire, and frequency of sexual intercourses in females with different chronic pain syndromes

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Laursen, Birgitte Schantz ^a,b   Overvad, Kim ^a   Olesen, Anders Schou ^a   Delmar, Charlotte ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic non malignant pain; Female pain patients; Sexual activity; Sexual intercourses; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 33745772208     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-005-9001-5     Document Type: Article

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