TY - JOUR
T1 - Does the female sexual distress scale-revised cover the feelings of women with HSDD?
AU - Derogatis, Leonard
AU - Pyke, Robert
AU - Mccormack, Julie
AU - Hunter, Adria
AU - Harding, Gale
N1 - Funding Information:
Leonard DeRogatis received research funding from Boehringer Ingelheim. Robert Pyke is a full‐time employee of Boehringer Ingelheim. Julie McCormack is a full‐time employee of the United BioSource Corporation, which received funding from Boehringer Ingelheim to conduct the study. Adria Hunter is a full‐time employee of the United BioSource Corporation, which received funding from Boehringer Ingelheim to conduct the study. Gale Harding is a full‐time employee of the United BioSource Corporation, which received funding from Boehringer Ingelheim to conduct the study.
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Introduction. Distress associated with low sexual desire is a key feature of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). Accurate, reliable, and easy-to-use diagnostic tools to measure such distress are required. The Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R) has been shown to have good discriminant validity, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency in measuring sex-related personal distress in women with HSDD. However, the content validity (relevance, clarity, comprehensiveness) of the scale must also be established. Aim. The aim of this study was to assess the content validity of the FSDS-R and to examine the potential of Item 13 as a stand-alone measure of distress associated with decreased sexual desire. Methods. A single-visit content validation study was conducted in three centers in the United States. Women were screened for HSDD; those with HSDD completed the FSDS-R and then underwent debriefing to capture information on their perceptions of the instrument. Participants also rated the relevancy of every FSDS-R item, from 0 ("not at all relevant") to 4 ("extremely relevant"). Main Outcome Measures. Female HSDD patients' ratings of the relevance and ease of understanding of the 13 items of the FSDS-R. Results. Twenty-five women with HSDD were interviewed. Mean relevancy ratings ranged from 1.96 (Item 9) to 3.33 (Item 13). Most participants (76-100%) found every item clear and easy to understand. Item 13 alone demonstrated good content validity, and 56% of participants felt that it covered all of their feelings about their low sexual desire. Conclusions. This study established the content validity of the FSDS-R and demonstrated that the FSDS-R total score is a relevant endpoint for women with HSDD. The tool's one item specific to low sexual desire (Item 13) was given the highest score and highest relevancy of all items, and over half the sample felt that it covered all of their feelings about their low sexual desire.
AB - Introduction. Distress associated with low sexual desire is a key feature of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). Accurate, reliable, and easy-to-use diagnostic tools to measure such distress are required. The Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R) has been shown to have good discriminant validity, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency in measuring sex-related personal distress in women with HSDD. However, the content validity (relevance, clarity, comprehensiveness) of the scale must also be established. Aim. The aim of this study was to assess the content validity of the FSDS-R and to examine the potential of Item 13 as a stand-alone measure of distress associated with decreased sexual desire. Methods. A single-visit content validation study was conducted in three centers in the United States. Women were screened for HSDD; those with HSDD completed the FSDS-R and then underwent debriefing to capture information on their perceptions of the instrument. Participants also rated the relevancy of every FSDS-R item, from 0 ("not at all relevant") to 4 ("extremely relevant"). Main Outcome Measures. Female HSDD patients' ratings of the relevance and ease of understanding of the 13 items of the FSDS-R. Results. Twenty-five women with HSDD were interviewed. Mean relevancy ratings ranged from 1.96 (Item 9) to 3.33 (Item 13). Most participants (76-100%) found every item clear and easy to understand. Item 13 alone demonstrated good content validity, and 56% of participants felt that it covered all of their feelings about their low sexual desire. Conclusions. This study established the content validity of the FSDS-R and demonstrated that the FSDS-R total score is a relevant endpoint for women with HSDD. The tool's one item specific to low sexual desire (Item 13) was given the highest score and highest relevancy of all items, and over half the sample felt that it covered all of their feelings about their low sexual desire.
KW - Female sexual distress Scale-Revised
KW - Female sexual dysfunction
KW - Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
KW - Low sexual desire
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02385.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02385.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21771282
AN - SCOPUS:80053565980
SN - 1743-6095
VL - 8
SP - 2810
EP - 2815
JO - Journal of Sexual Medicine
JF - Journal of Sexual Medicine
IS - 10
ER -