The Vulvovaginal Symptoms Questionnaire: A questionnaire for measuring vulvovaginal symptoms in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 973-979

  Erekson, Elisabeth A ^a   Yip, Sallis O ^a   Wedderburn, Terri S ^a   Martin, Deanna K ^a   Li, Fang Yong ^b   Choi, Jennifer N ^a   Kenton, Kimberly S ^c   Fried, Terri R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophic vaginitis; Menopause; Vulvovaginal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SKIN DISEASE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VULVOVAGINAL DISCOMFORT; VULVOVAGINAL SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STANDARDS; VAGINAL DISEASES; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGINAL DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84883656240     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e318282600b     Document Type: Article

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