Level of bother and treatment-seeking predictors among male and female in-patients with sexual problems: A hospital-based study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 1, 2010, Pages 700-711

  Evangelia, Nakopoulou ^a   Kirana, Paraskevi Sofia ^a   Chiu, Gretchen ^b   Link, Carol ^b   Rosen, Ray ^b   Hatzichristou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bother; Satisfaction; Sexual distress; Sexual dysfunction; Sexual problems; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MEDICAL CARE; ORGASM DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 75649133914     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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