caa a22 4500 477084729 CHVBK 20180405111500.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00435972 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00435972 The Sexual Activity Questionnaire: A measure of women's sexual functioning [Elektronische Daten] [K. Thirlaway, L. Fallowfield, J. Cuzick] Sexual activity is an important dimension of quality of life. Therefore it is important to assess the impact that any treatment may have on sexual functioning so that patients can be warned of possible side effects and interventions offered to help ameliorate these. The Sexual Activity Questionnaire (SAQ) was developed to investigate the impact of long-term tamoxifen on the sexual functioning of women at high risk of developing breast cancer. It was also tested on a sample of women with no such risk. The majority of variance in sexual functioning can be explained by three factors: pleasure from sexual intercourse, discomfort during sexual intercourse and habit. We found that the frequency of sexual activity decreased steadily with age. Furthermore, pleasure dropped and discomfort increased in women aged over 55. We report psychometric data showing that the SAQ is a valid, reliable and acceptable measure for describing the sexual functioning of women in terms of activity, pleasure and discomfort. It is quick and easy to administer and has good face validity discriminating between the sexual functioning of pre- and post-menopausal women. Rapid Science Publishers, 1996 Menopause nationallicence quality of life assessment nationallicence sexual activity nationallicence sexual functioning nationallicence Thirlaway K. CRC Communication and Counselling Research Centre, Department of Oncology, University College London Medical School, 3rd Floor, Bland Sutton Institute, 48 Riding House Street, WIP 7PL, London, UK aut Fallowfield L. CRC Communication and Counselling Research Centre, Department of Oncology, University College London Medical School, 3rd Floor, Bland Sutton Institute, 48 Riding House Street, WIP 7PL, London, UK aut Cuzick J. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Imperial Cancer Research Campaign, 61, Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3PX, London, UK aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/1(1996-02-01), 81-90 0962-9343 5:1<81 1996 5 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00435972 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00435972 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thirlaway K. CRC Communication and Counselling Research Centre, Department of Oncology, University College London Medical School, 3rd Floor, Bland Sutton Institute, 48 Riding House Street, WIP 7PL, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fallowfield L. CRC Communication and Counselling Research Centre, Department of Oncology, University College London Medical School, 3rd Floor, Bland Sutton Institute, 48 Riding House Street, WIP 7PL, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cuzick J. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Imperial Cancer Research Campaign, 61, Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3PX, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/1(1996-02-01), 81-90 0962-9343 5:1<81 1996 5 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer