Prevalence and risk factors of the female sexual dysfunction in a sample of infertile Iranian women

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 286, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1589-1596

  Pakpour, Amir H ^a   Yekaninejad, Mir Saeed ^b   Zeidi, Isa Mohammadi ^a   Burri, Andrea ^c,d  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Female sexual dysfunction; FSD; FSFI; Infertility; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGE; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; IRAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877631882     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2489-x     Document Type: Article

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