Dyspareunia and depressive symptoms are associated with impaired sexual functioning in women with endometriosis, whereas sexual functioning in their male partners is not affected

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2577-2586

  De Graaff, A A ^a   Van Lankveld, J ^b   Smits, L J ^a   Van Beek, J J ^c   Dunselman, G A J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dyspareunia; endometriosis; FSFI; mental aspects; partner; quality of life; sexual functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SELF CONSCIOUSNESS SCALE; SEXUALITY; SHORT FORM 12; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEX FACTOR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84996527445     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew215     Document Type: Article

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