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Profile of Female Sexual Function (PFSF)

 

Author(s)

Derogatis Leonard R

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Psychiatry/psychology

  • Disease:

Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD)

  • Objective:

To assess loss of sexual desire and associated symptoms in postmenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) experiencing distress

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

Female

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Psychological functioning (incl. coping)

  • Administration mode:

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

37+1

  • Recall/Observation period:

Over the past 30 days

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

Dutch for the Netherlands

English for Australia

English for the UK

English for the USA

French for Canada

French for France

German for Germany

Italian for Italy

Spanish for the USA

[ The PFSF was cross-culturally developed in several countries ]

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

PFSF

Spanish for Spain*
Swedish for Sweden*

* Performed by the MAPI Institute

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

McHorney CA, Rust J, Golombok S, Davis S, Bouchard C, Brown C, Basson R, Sarti CD, Kuznicki J, Rodenberg C, Derogatis L. Profile of Female Sexual Function: a patient-based, international, psychometric instrument for the assessment of hypoactive sexual desire in oophorectomized women. Menopause. 2004 Jul-Aug;11(4):474-83


Derogatis L, Rust J, Golombok S, Bouchard C, Nachtigall L, Rodenberg C, Kuznicki J, McHorney CA. Validation of the profile of female sexual function (PFSF) in surgically and naturally menopausal women. J Sex Marital Ther. 2004 Jan-Feb;30(1):25-36

Last update: April 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: October 2007