Is One question enough to detect female sexual dysfunctions? a diagnostic accuracy study in 6,194 Women

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1831-1841

  Kriston, Levente ^a,b   Günzler, Cindy ^b   Rohde, Anke ^c   Berner, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection; Female Sexual Dysfunction; Female Sexual Function Index; Mass Screening; Prevention; Screening Instrument; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sexual Disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; ADOLESCENT; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951084614     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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