Sexual Problems During Pregnancy and After Delivery Among Women With and Without Anxiety and Depressive Disorders Prior to Pregnancy: A Prospective-Longitudinal Study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 95-104

  Asselmann, Eva ^a   Hoyer, Jurgen ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a   Martini, Julia ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Sexual Problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; COMORBIDITY; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW FOR WOMEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL SEXUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; ORGASM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL LUBRICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANXIETY; COMPLICATION; GERMANY; INFANT; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979807165     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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