title: Sexual functioning in HIV+ and HIV- injected drug-using women.
abstract: As part of a natural history study of HIV disease in injected drug users, 38 HIV positive (HIV+) asymptomatic or low-symptomatic women and 37 HIV negative (HIV-) women, mostly of minority inner-city background, underwent a comprehensive survey of sexual functioning. At study baseline, the sample as a whole showed a relatively high prevalence of problems in all major phases of the sexual response cycle and in vaginismus and vaginal pain. Statistically significant group differences indicate higher rates of problems in sexual functioning in HIV+ women even at an early stage of disease progression.
authors: HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NYS Psychiatric Institute, New York.
authors: H F
authors: HF
authors: Meyer-Bahlburg
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Nöstlinger
authors: T M
authors: TM
authors: Exner
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Ehrhardt
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Gruen
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Lorenz
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Gorman
authors: W
authors: W
authors: el-Sadr
authors: S J
authors: SJ
authors: Sorrell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*