title: Validation of sexual functioning questionnaire in Indian patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish norms for sexual functioning questionnaire (SFQ) in Indian population.
  
  
  METHODS
  100 male subjects, diagnosed with depressive disorder and currently in a state of clinical remission for a period of at least 4 weeks were evaluated on SFQ and Arizona Sexual Experience Questionnaire (ASEX).
  
  
  RESULTS
  By using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves a score of 14 was considered to be a cutoff for sexual dysfunction as per SFQ. This cutoff yielded a sensitivity of 91.7% and specificity of 86.4% for the detection of sexual dysfunction. The PPV of the instrument at this cutoff was 87%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A cutoff of 14 should be used to define sexual dysfunction as per SFQ.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Kodakandla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Ajit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avasthi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grover
keywords: Sexual dysfunction; sexual functioning questionnaire; validation