The impact of sexual dysfunction on health-related quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 610-616

  Schairer, Laura C ^a   Foley, Frederick W ^a,b   Zemon, Vance ^a   Tyry, Tuula ^c   Campagnolo, Denise ^c   Marrie, Ruth Ann ^d   Gromisch, Elizabeth S ^a   Schairer, David ^d  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS INTIMACY AND SEXUALITY QUESTIONNAIRE 19; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT DETERMINED DISEASE STEPS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 12; DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; MUTIPLE SCLEROSIS INTIMACY AND SEXUALITY QUESTIONNAIRE 19; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DETERMINED DISEASE STEP; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899064065     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513503598     Document Type: Article

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