How to deal with the common mistakes in applying Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)
نویسندگان
1 a) Associate Professor, Counseling and Reproductive Health Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran b) Department of Midwifery and Counseling in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
2 a) Assistant Professor, Counseling and Reproductive Health Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran b) Department of Midwifery and Counseling in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
doi
10.22038/jmrh.2022.63201.1810چکیده
With the increasing expansion of studies in the field of women's sexual health, today various studies are being conducted using valid and standard questionnaires. The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a 19-item self-report questionnaire that measures six dimensions of female sexual function including desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain. Calculating the score in this tool is a little different from other questionnaires because after calculating the score of each dimension as a sum of scores, the score should be multiplied by the specific coefficient of the same dimension (desire (0.6), arousal and lubrication (0.3), orgasm, satisfaction, and pain (0.4)). This is done to give the same weight to different dimensions of the scale (1).
