More than just bad sex: Sexual dysfunction and distress in patients with endometriosis

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 392-396

  Fritzer, N ^a,b   Haas, D ^c   Oppelt, P ^c   Renner, St ^d   Hornung, D ^e   Wolfler M ^f   Ulrich, U ^g   Fischerlehner, G ^h   Sillem, M ⁱ   Hudelist, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d Center for Endometriosis   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^g Martin Luther Hospital   (Germany)

^h Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Wien Betriebsgesellschaft   (Austria)

ⁱ Kreiskrankenhaus Emmendingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometriosis Dyspareunia Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPAREUNIA; EMOTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DISTRESS SCALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; COHORT STUDIES; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84881475670     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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