How reliable is a self-administered questionnaire in detecting sexual abuse: A retrospective study in patients with pelvic-floor complaints and a review of literature

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 956-963

  Elzevier, Henk W ^a   Voorham van der Zalm, Petra J ^a   Pelger, Rob C M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female; Pelvic floor complaints; Questionnaires; Review; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 34447530303     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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