Web-based survey on the effect of menopause on women's libido in a computer-literate population

Menopause International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-12

  Cumming, Grant P ^a   Currie, Heather D ^b   Moncur, Rik ^c   Lee, Amanda J ^d  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Internet Design Shop   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distress; internet; libido; Menopause; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIBIDO; MENOPAUSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VAGINA DISEASE; ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; BRIEF PROFILE OF FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OVARY CYCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIBIDO; MENOPAUSE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 65549136338     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2009.009001     Document Type: Article

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