The impact of multimorbidity on sexual function in middle-aged and older women: Beyond the single disease perspective

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2744-2755

  Appa, Ayesha A ^a,d   Creasman, Jennifer ^b   Brown, Jeanette S ^b   Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^c   Thom, David H ^a   Subak, Leslee L ^b   Huang, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging Geriatrics; Chronic disease; Female sexual dysfunction; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPAREUNIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGASM DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; LIBIDO; ORGASM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ORGASM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN;

EID: 84911470533     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12665     Document Type: Article

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