Is the Menopause Rating Scale accurate for diagnosing sexual dysfunction among climacteric women?
Maturitas
; 62(3): 321-3, 2009 Mar 20.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19217728
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Although several tools have been designed to assess quality of life (QoL) among middle-aged women their capacity to specifically assess sexual dysfunction (SD) remains uncertain. Moreover, if SD impairs QoL within this population, then sexual assessment becomes a key issue.OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the accuracy of the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) in diagnosing SD among climacteric women.METHODS:
In this cross-sectional study 370 women aged 40-59 years filled out the MRS and the Female Sexual Functioning Index (FSFI) simultaneously. SD among surveyed women was defined as those obtaining a total FSFI score ofRESULTS:
Mean age of surveyed women was 49.3+/-5.8 years. A 56.5% of them were married, 44.3% were postmenopausal, 66.8% were sexually active and 57% had SD (FSFI total scoreCONCLUSIONS:
The MRS was moderately accurate for diagnosing SD among climacteric women. More research is warranted in this regard.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Disfunções Sexuais Fisiológicas
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Climatério
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Disfunções Sexuais Psicogênicas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Maturitas
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article