[Women's sexual life quality assessment with use of questionnaires in clinical trials--review of accessible tools, their characteristics and comparison of their properties].
OBJECTIVE
Aim of the study is a review of women's sexual life quality assessment questionnaires available in literature, analysis of their construction, special properties and usability in clinical trials.


METHODS
Medline database and accessible literature has been reviewed. Seven questionnaires have been chosen for analysis. Analysis in scope of potential and usability of those questionnaires in clinical tests has been performed.


CONCLUSIONS
Suitability of The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and The Brief Index of Sexual Functioning for Women (BISF-W) have been shown as universal tools for sexual function assessment in clinical trials. They meet current model of women's sexual reaction and criteria of sexual disfunction classification.
Oddział Ginekologii i Połoznictwa, Szpital Wojewódzki Nr 2 w Rzeszowie.
Ludomir
L
Ficek
Paweł
P
Miotła
Tomasz
T
Rechberger
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011788:Quality of Life; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D016387:Women's Health