Sexual function in the late postmenopause: A decade of follow-up in a population-based cohort of Australian women

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2029-2038

  Lonnèe Hoffmann, Risa A M ^a   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^b   Lehert, Philippe ^b,c   Szoeke, Cassandra ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depressive disorder; Female sexual dysfunction; Male partner; Postmenopause; Sexual activity; Sexual distress; Sexuality; Spouse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DISTRESS SCALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LATE POSTMENOPAUSE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE;

COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MALE PARTNER; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL ACTIVITY; SEXUAL DISTRESS; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 84904983455     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12590     Document Type: Article

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