Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Women's Sexual Concerns Unraveled

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 743-752

  Roos, Anne Marie ^a,b   Thakar, Ranee ^a   Sultan, Abdul H ^a   Burger, Curt W ^b   Paulus, Aggie T G ^c  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female Sexual Dysfunction; Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Pelvic Organ Prolapse; Qualitative Analysis; Urinary Incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRIVE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGASM; PATIENT WORRY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SMELLING; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BODY IMAGE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895445430     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12070     Document Type: Article

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