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Intensity of Sexual Desire & Symptoms Scale
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Intensity of Sexual Desire & Symptoms Scale
An instrument that assesses 3 types of behaviour: sexual interest/desire, sexual activity, sexual fantasies

Intensity of Sexual Desire & Symptoms Scale
“Horniness scale” Psychology An instrument that assesses 3 types of behavior: sexual interest/desire, sexual activity, sexual fantasies
Intensity of Sexual Desire & Symptoms Scale
Sexual interest/desire Nature, intensity, and frequency of sexual thoughts and desires in the previous month
Sexual activity Number of times masturbate or engages in overt sexual acts/month; number and nature of incidents of abnormal sexual behavior (if any)
Sexual fantasies Pt is asked re erotic fantasies, and described the object of the fantasies, the intensity of same and frequency/month
 All 3 behaviors are rated on an 8-point scale  


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In one proposed revision to the DSM-IV-TR definition of HSDD, "Women's sexual interest/desire disorder" focuses on responsive desire and motivations for engaging in sexual activity and normalizes the absence of spontaneous sexual thoughts (Basson et al.
A principal component analysis identified six factors: sexual interest/desire, sexual arousal, lubrication, orgasm, sexual satisfaction, and sexual pain.
 
 
 
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