Sexual problems in the gynecology clinic: Are we making a mountain out of a molehill?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-152

  Roos, Anne Marie ^a   Sultan, Abdul H ^a   Thakar, Ranee ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Female sexual dysfunction; Gynecology clinic; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CYSTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIBIDO DISORDER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENORRHAGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STUDENT T TEST; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE; VAGINISM; VULVA DISEASE; AGE; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84861220243     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-011-1516-y     Document Type: Article

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