title: Validity of the decreased sexual desire screener for diagnosing hypoactive sexual desire disorder.
abstract: The decreased sexual desire screener is a brief diagnostic instrument for generalized acquired hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women. During the screening visit of 2 clinical trials, the authors assessed sensitivity of the decreased sexual desire screener in premenopausal women presenting with decreased sexual desire. The authors compared diagnoses of generalized acquired hypoactive sexual desire disorder made by clinicians who were not trained or specialized in the diagnosis of female sexual dysfunction using the decreased sexual desire screener with diagnoses made by expert clinicians after an extensive diagnostic interview. The sensitivity of the decreased sexual desire screener was 0.946 in a North American trial and 0.960 in a European trial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA. ahc8v@virginia.edu
authors.forename: Anita H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goldfischer
authors.forename: Irwin
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: DeRogatis
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nappi
authors.forename: Diane J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lewis-D'Agostino
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hebert
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pyke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009656:North America; D017697:Premenopause; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*