The sensitivity of continuous laboratory measures of physiological and subjective sexual arousal for diagnosing women with sexual arousal disorder

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages 938-950

  Meston, Cindy M ^a   Rellini, Alessandra H ^b   McCall, Katie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of female sexual arousal; Female orgasmic disorder; Female sexual arousal disorder; Female sexual dysfunction; Female sexual function index; Vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM DISORDER; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EROTICA; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LIBIDO; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VAGINA; VASCULARIZATION; VIDEORECORDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EROTICA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIBIDO; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGINA; VIDEO RECORDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649093013     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01548.x     Document Type: Article

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