Distressing sexual problems in United States women revisited: Prevalence after accounting for depression

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1698-1706

  Johannes, Catherine B ^a   Clayton, Anita H ^b   Odom, Dawn M ^a   Rosen, Raymond C ^c   Russo, Patricia A ^d   Shifren, Jan L ^e   Monz, Brigitta U ^f  

^a RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d PRC Health Services Research and Management Consulting   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIBIDO; ORGASM; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549183722     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05390gry     Document Type: Article

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