title: [A questionnaire for the assessment of women's perception of their own femininity: a study on women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser-syndrome and women with polycystic ovary syndrome].
abstract: Women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) experience substantial changes in female body characteristics. It was investigated how this is associated with changes concerning the experience of one's own femininity. A questionnaire was developed to measure the experience of one's own femininity. The question-naire assesses how important several aspects are to women for their experience of their own femininity. Data from 49 women with MRKHS and 55 women with PCOS were compared to a non-clinical sample (932 women). The experience of their own femininity differed between the clinical groups as well as in comparison to the control sample. Diagnosis-specific characteristics emerged, which should be considered in the treatment of affected women. The developed questionnaire proved to be suitable for measuring differences in the experience of one's own femininity between groups of gynecological -patients.
authors: Institut für Sexualforschung und Forensische Psychiatrie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors: Kerstin
authors: K
authors: Krupp
authors: Franziska
authors: F
authors: Brunner
authors: Maike
authors: M
authors: Fliegner
authors: Katharina
authors: K
authors: Rall
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Brucker
authors: Peer
authors: P
authors: Briken
authors: Hertha
authors: H
authors: Richter-Appelt
mesh_terms: D058489:46, XX Disorders of Sex Development / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D020407:Internet; D008875:Middle Aged; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D035583:Rare Diseases; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult