Arabic Translation of Female Sexual Function Index and Validation in an Egyptian Population

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3370-3378

  Anis, Tarek H ^a   Gheit, Samah Aboul ^a   Saied, Hanan S ^b   Al kherbash, Samar A ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Department of Dermatology   (Egypt)

^c Department of Dermatology   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Arabic version; Female sexual function index; Psychometry; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 82955163189     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02471.x     Document Type: Article

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