Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review

Alina Kao; Yitzchak M Binik; Anita Kapuscinski; Samir Khalifé

doi:10.1155/2008/269571

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2008)

Dyspareunia in Postmenopausal Women: A Critical Review

Alina Kao,
Yitzchak M Binik,
Anita Kapuscinski,
Samir Khalifé

Affiliations

Alina Kao: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Yitzchak M Binik: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Anita Kapuscinski: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Samir Khalifé: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/269571
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 243 – 254

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Dyspareunia, or pain during sexual intercourse, is among the problems most frequently reported by postmenopausal women. Past literature has almost unanimously attributed dyspareunic pain occurring during or after the menopausal transition to declining estrogen levels and vaginal atrophy.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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