Prevalence and risk factors of sexual problems and sexual distress in a sample of women suffering from Chronic widespread pain

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2772-2784

  Burri, Andrea ^a   Lachance, Genevieve ^b   Williams, Frances M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic Widespread Pain; CWP; Female Sexual Dysfunction; Fibromyalgia; FSD; Sexual Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DISTRESS SCALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORGASM; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DISTRESS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; ANXIETY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84911956560     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12651     Document Type: Article

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