Sexual function, relationship adjustment, and the relational impact of pain in male partners of women with provoked vulvar pain

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1283-1293

  Smith, Kelly B ^a   Pukall, Caroline F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Dyspareunia; Pain; Partners; Provoked vestibulodynia; Relationship satisfaction; Sexual function; Sexual satisfaction; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; DYADIC SEXUAL COMMUNICATION SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MALE; MALE PARTNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOKED VULVAR PAIN; RELATIONSHIP ADJUSTMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALITY SCALE; SHORT FORM 12; VULVODYNIA;

COMMUNICATION; DYSPAREUNIA; PAIN; PARTNERS; PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA; RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; VULVODYNIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COITUS; COMMUNICATION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 84899489304     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12484     Document Type: Article

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