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

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 5 EDQ ability to detect changes

		Baseline to Month 6 Change
Monthly Recall Version		EDQ Total Score, Mean (SD)	P
FSDS-DAO total score severity groups^a	< 11 (n = 110)	1.1 (0.90)	< 0.0001
FSDS-DAO total score severity groups^a	> 11 (n = 721)	0.2 (0.63)
GAQ desire item^b	> 5 (n = 370)	0.7 (0.80)	< 0.0001
GAQ desire item^b	< 5 (n = 459)	−0.0 (0.49)
SSEs^c	> 2 (n = 213)	0.7 (0.84)	< 0.0001
SSEs^c	< 2 (n = 618)	0.1 (0.65)
Daily Recall Version		EDQ Total Score, Mean (SD)	P
FSDS-DAO total score severity groups^a	< 11 (n = 51)	0.9 (0.74)	< 0.0001
FSDS-DAO total score severity groups^a	> 11 (n = 242)	0.2 (0.58)
GAQ desire item^b	> 5 (n = 141)	0.6 (0.76)	< 0.0001
GAQ desire item^b	< 5 (n = 151)	−0.0 (0.39)
SSEs^c	> 2 (n = 89)	0.6 (0.73)	< 0.0001
SSEs^c	< 2 (n = 209)	0.1 (0.58)

EDQ Elements of Desire Questionnaire, FSDS-DAO Female Sexual Distress Scale–Desire/Arousal/Orgasm, GAQ General Assessment Questionnaire, SSE Satisfying sexual event
^aDefined as the number of patients with a score of ≥11 (met diagnosis for hypoactive sexual desire disorder; nonresponder) vs. < 11 (normal; responder) at month 6
^bDefined based on the GAQ desire item at month 6, ≥5 (responder) vs. < 5 (nonresponder)
^cDefined as the number of SSEs at month 6, < 2 (nonresponder) vs. ≥2 (responder) events