title: [Value of autoquestionnaires in the evaluation of sex disorders related to drugs].
abstract: Symptoms can be assessed by the subject or the patient himself. Drug-related sexual dysfunction may be of clinical relevance for medication compliance. Three kinds of self-rating scales are available: yes/no questionnaire, multiple choice questionnaire and visual analogue scales. Self-rating can be absolute (intensity score) or relative (improving or worsening score), over last rating or over baseline. Self-rating necessarily implies: comprehension of the vocabulary and the instructions by the subject; cooperation of the subject; and careful checking of the answers by the clinician. Main metrologic qualities are sensitivity, reliability and validity. To assess changes in sexual function, the "golden" sexual function questionnaire does not seem to exist. Separate questionnaires are provided for men and women with appropriate changes for specific items. The number of questions varies from 4 to 20 even more. Several aspects of the male and female sexuality must be studied. Two main questions can be raised: 1) is there any relation between responses obtained with self-reported questionnaire and responses to questioning by a clinician? is there any relation between self-reported sexual dysfunction and objective measures of sexual function like plethysmography?
authors.affiliation: Département de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Warot
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016353:Self-Examination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Intérêt des autoquestionnaires dans l'évaluation des troubles sexuels liés aux médicaments.