Mean changes in the scores from baseline are presented in Figure 2. Body image and sexual functional scores worsened, but patients became less worried about their health in the future.
The Female Sexual Functional Index (FSFI) [ 32] is a multidimensional self-report instrument with 19 items, with responses assessed using a 6-point Likert-scale, which aims to measure sexual functioning on the dimensions of sexual desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain.
Research on male sexual functioning suggests that sexually functional men may possess greater interoceptive awareness than men with erectile problems (Cranston-Cuebas et al. 1993).
We used the following scales in our analysis: global health status, role functioning, emotional functioning, cognitive functioning, sexual functioning (all functional scales), fatigue, and pain (symptom scales).
All in all, the current research provided a unique experimental exploration of the effects of appraisal of sexual stimuli on subsequent sexual arousal in both sexually functional and dysfunctional women.
Along the same lines, several experimental manipulations (e.g., suppression, performance demand, sexual scripts, stress) in sexually functional women have resulted in different levels of genital and subjective sexual arousal relative to control conditions (e.g., Kuffel & Heiman, 2006; Laan, Everaerd, van Aanhold, & Rebel, 1993; ter Kuile, Vigeveno, & Laan, 2007).
Conversely, sexually functional women appraise sexual stimuli more positively, which may eventually result in the occurrence of full-blown genital and subjective sexual arousal responses.
Previous publications have reported results with respect to functional outcome and sexual function in young women after traumatic injuries to the pelvis.
To investigate the sexual function of women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) and to test the mediating effects of depression and anxiety on the sexual functioning of women with FHA.
This study examined the effects of appraisal of sexual stimuli on sexual arousal in women with superficial dyspareunia (n = 50) and sexually functional women (n = 25).
The breast module includes four functional scales: body image, sexual functioning, sexual enjoyment and future perspective.
