The CLOSER survey: Impact of postmenopausal vaginal discomfort on relationships between women and their partners in Northern and Southern Europe

Maturitas

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-379

  Nappi, Rossella E ^a   Mattsson, Lars Åke ^b   Lachowsky, Michèle ^c   Maamari, Ricardo ^d   Giraldi, Annamaria ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^e Psychiatric Center Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Local oestrogen therapy; Male partner; Menopause; Relationships; Vaginal atrophy; Vaginal discomfort

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD; NIGHT SWEAT; NORTHERN EUROPE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; VAGINAL PRURITUS; WEIGHT; WELLBEING; COITUS; EMOTION; EUROPE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; VAGINAL DISEASES;

AGED; COITUS; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; ESTROGENS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84880309681     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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