TABLE 2.
Item loadings and assignment to factors for the 5-factor solution for sexual morbidity
| Item | Appearance/ Desire |
Satisfaction/ Activity |
Arousal | Lubrication | Pain With Sexual Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I feel sexually attractive | 0.65 | 0.21 | −0.01 | 0.12 | −0.02 |
| I like the appearance of my body | 0.54 | 0.07 | −0.09 | 0.23 | −0.06 |
| How would you rate your level of sexual desire or interest | 0.48 | 0.18 | 0.48 | 0.06 | −0.27 |
| I am interested in sex | 0.47 | 0.26 | 0.44 | −0.02 | −0.18 |
| How often did you feel sexual desire or interest | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.08 | −0.12 |
| I am afraid to have sex | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.19 |
| I am unhappy about a change in my appearance | 0.42 | 0.04 | −0.10 | 0.01 | 0.13 |
| How satisfied have you been with your sexual relationship with your partner | −0.04 | 0.92 | −0.05 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| How satisfied have you been with the amount of emotional closeness during sexual activity with your partner | −0.11 | 0.80 | 0.00 | −0.05 | 0.18 |
| How satisfied have you been with your overall sexual life | 0.07 | 0.76 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| How would you rate your current sex life | 0.05 | 0.65 | 0.17 | 0.10 | −0.04 |
| How often have you kissed your partner (past 4 wk) | 0.10 | 0.57 | −0.04 | −0.09 | 0.05 |
| How often have you had sexual intercourse (past 4 wk) | 0.04 | 0.43 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| How would you rate your level of sexual arousal | −0.05 | 0.20 | 0.74 | 0.17 | 0.04 |
| How often have you been satisfied with your arousal | −0.09 | 0.15 | 0.69 | 0.25 | 0.16 |
| When you had sexual stimulation or intercourse, how often did you reach orgasm | −0.23 | 0.05 | 0.67 | 0.30 | 0.12 |
| How often did you feel sexually aroused | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.66 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| How confident were you about becoming sexually aroused | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.61 | 0.28 | 0.11 |
| How satisfied were you with your ability to reach orgasm | −0.12 | 0.18 | 0.56 | 0.28 | 0.15 |
| When you had sexual stimulation or intercourse, how difficult was it to reach orgasm | −0.04 | 0.05 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.05 |
| How difficult was it to maintain lubrication until completion of the sexual activity | 0.01 | −0.03 | −0.07 | 0.92 | 0.12 |
| How difficult was it to become lubricated during sexual activity | 0.10 | −0.03 | 0.04 | 0.88 | 0.08 |
| How often did you maintain your lubrication until completion of the sexual activity | 0.09 | −0.06 | 0.08 | 0.79 | 0.12 |
| How often did you become lubricated during sexual activity | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.74 | 0.05 |
| How would you rate your level of pain during or after vaginal penetration | −0.03 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.86 |
| How often did you experience pain during vaginal penetration | 0.04 | 0.17 | −0.03 | 0.19 | 0.80 |
| How often did you experience pain after vaginal penetration | −0.03 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.79 |
| I have pain or discomfort with intercourse | 0.48 | −0.08 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.39 |
| How often have you avoided or declined sexual intercourse* | −0.27 | −0.10 | −0.21 | 0.09 | −0.12 |
| I have vaginal bleeding or spotting* | 0.29 | −0.08 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.12 |
| I have discomfort or pain in my pelvic area* | 0.24 | −0.11 | 0.27 | −0.15 | 0.25 |
The boldface type indicates the factor assignment.
*
Items not included in the final factor structure because of lower-than-acceptable factor loadings.