Questionnaire Based Evaluation of Sexual Activity and Sexual Dysfunction in Korean Women / 대한비뇨기과학회지
Korean Journal of Urology
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: 102-114, 2001.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-92286
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Sexual activity is a highly personal matter and uneasy to measure their problems objectively in view of clinical field. Many investigators have been continued to rely on self-report measures of sexual function. However, there have been few report measuring female sexual function in general population in Korea. This study was aimed to investigate function by self-report measures. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
347 married women was randomly selected and asked to fill the Brief Index of Sexual Function for Women (BISF-W) which was translated into Korean and modified by authors. Three factors-interest/desire, sexual activity, and satisfaction were analyzed.RESULTS:
Women were grouped by age at 10-year intervals. 21.5% of women reported to be sexually active during the past moth, and 78.5% was inactive. Most common coital frequency in all age groups pas one-two times per month. 76.1% of women showed passive response in their initiation of sexual activities. Mostly they reach orgasm only by the vaginal intercourse, and overall satisfaction rate was 55.2% including only 25% of fifties groups followed by pain.CONCLUSIONS:
In general, Korean women showed less active in their sexual lives, however, they were relatively satisfied to their sexual lives. A larger study and more sophisticated, modified questionnaire, which is more considering specific social, psychological interpersonal factors would be required.
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Main subject:
Orgasm
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Research Personnel
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Sexual Behavior
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Coitus
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Korea
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Moths
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Urology
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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