Predictors of psychological well-being in a sample of women with vulval pain

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-116

  Sargeant, Hilary A ^a   O'Callaghan, Frances ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pain; Vestibulodynia; Vulva; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULVODYNIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULVAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849119364     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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