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Clinical: specific disorders

Female Sexual Function Index.

FSFI

What it measures
Female sexual function; 6 domains - Desire, Arousal, Lubrication, Orgasm, Satisfaction, Pain
Length and format
19 items. 5- or 6-point ordinal; weighted domain scores + total (2-36); total <=26.55 indicates dysfunction (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
30+ languages incl. ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, ZH, FA, AR, TR; very broadly validated
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Rosen, R., Brown, C., Heiman, J., et al. (2000). The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 26(2), 191-208.

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