Sexual and relationship functioning in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and their partners

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-311

  Smith, Kelly B ^a   Pukall, Caroline F ^a   Tripp, Dean A ^a   Nickel, J Curtis ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic Prostatitis Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome; Depression; Dyadic satisfaction; Marital adjustment; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; VAGINISM;

ADULT; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34247570060     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9086-7     Document Type: Article

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