The Treatment Satisfaction Scale (TSS) is a sensitive measure of treatment effectiveness for both patients and partners: Results of a randomized controlled trial with vardenafil

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 1009-1021

  Rosen, Raymond ^a   Goldstein, Irwin ^b   Huang, Xing Yue ^c   Bangerter, Keithe ^c   Taylor, Terry ^c  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b ALVARADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Placebo controlled trial; Quality of Life; Treatment satisfaction

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 34447559512     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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