title: [Analysis of a French female sexuality reference population].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To constitute and study a French female sexuality reference population database by means of the BISF-W self-administered questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study using the BISF-W self-administered questionnaire translated and validated in French, in a sample of one hundred women from Normandy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred women aged 25 to 70 years answered the BISF-W self-administered questionnaire. Analysis of the results of this questionnaire showed that back and/or hip pain, age, and menopause influenced certain domains of sexuality. This study did not confirm the influence of smoking, HT, or parity on female sexuality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this reference population are concordant with those reported in the literature. This database can be used to evaluate the impact of a surgical technique and/or the use of prosthetic materials on female sexuality by means of the BISF-W self-administered quality of life questionnaire, and compare it to other reference populations.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urologie, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France. romaincaremel@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caremel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berthier
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sentilhes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Collard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grise