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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 1 EDQ: monthly and daily recall versions

From: Reliability and validity of the elements of desire questionnaire in premenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder

Monthly Recall Version

1. Over the past 4 weeks, how often did you feel sexual desire or interest?

2. Over the past 4 weeks, what was the intensity of your sexual desire or interest?

3. Over the past 4 weeks, how often did you have thoughts or fantasies about sexual activities?

4. Over the past 4 weeks, how would you rate your interest in engaging in sexual activity?

5. Over the past 4 weeks, how often did you want to have sexual activity?

6. Over the past 4 weeks, how would you rate your receptivity to your partner’s sexual requests?

7. Over the past 4 weeks, how often did you initiate a sexual activity?

8. Over the past 4 weeks, how would you rate your interest in initiating sexual activity?

9. Over the past 4 weeks, how would you rate your satisfaction with your level of desire or interest in sexual activity?

Daily Recall Version

1. Over the past 24 h, how often did you feel sexual desire or interest?

2. Over the past 24 h, what was the intensity of your sexual desire or interest?

3. Over the past 24 h, how often did you have thoughts or fantasies about sexual activities?

4. Over the past 24 h, how would you rate your interest in engaging in sexual activity?

5. Over the past 24 h, did you want to have sexual activity?

6. Over the past 24 h, how would you rate your receptivity to your partner’s sexual requests?

7. Over the past 24 h, did you initiate a sexual activity?

8. Over the past 24 h, how would you rate your interest in initiating sexual activity?

9. Over the past 24 h, how would you rate your satisfaction with your level of desire or interest in sexual activity?

  1. EDQ Elements of Desire Questionnaire
  2. Question 1, 3, 5, and 7 response options: 1–Never; 2–Rarely; 3–Sometimes; 4–Often; 5–Always (for daily recall version questions 5 and 7, the specific response options are 1-Yes or 2-No). Question 2, 4, and 8 response options: 1–Absent; 2–Mild; 3–Moderate; 4–Strong; 5–Very Strong. Question 6 response options: 1–Absent; 2–Low; 3–Moderate; 4–High; 5–Very High; 0–Partner did not initiate. Question 9 response options: 1–Very dissatisfied; 2–Moderately dissatisfied; 3–Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied; 4–Moderately satisfied; 5–Very satisfied
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