improving care for one in five women evaluating and managing dyspareunia
@inproceedings{Scemons2018improvingCF, title={improving care for one in five women evaluating and managing dyspareunia}, author={Donna Scemons and T M Egan}, year={2018} }
Although one in five women will suffer from dyspareunia during her lifetime, only 15% of providers inquire about it. Unless the healthcare provider asks direct questions about this symptom most women will not discuss it. The following article examines several differential diagnoses and suggests interventions for dyspareunia, which can often be provided in the primary care setting. Etiologies of dyspareunia are both pathophysiological and psychosocial with both medications and nonpharmacological…
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improving care for one in five women evaluating and managing dyspareunia
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- 2018
Several differential diagnoses are examined and interventions for dyspareunia are suggested, which can often be provided in the primary care setting, according to women affected.
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