Prevalence and predictors of sexual problems, relationship stress, and depression in female partners of infertile couples

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1907-1914

  Nelson, Christian J ^a   Shindel, Alan W ^b   Naughton, Cathy K ^b   Ohebshalom, Michael ^c   Mulhall, John P ^a,c,d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Infertility; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL PAIN; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGASM DISORDER; PENIS ERECTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 48749087075     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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