Table 4.
Vulvar discomfort with sexual activity*
| Item Content | Item Responses in Full sample† (Unweighted) No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never or None |
Rarely or A little bit |
Sometimes or Some |
Often or Quite a bit |
Always or A lot |
|
| Vulvar Discomfort with Sexual Activity – Labial | |||||
| Frequency of labial discomfort | 767 (73%) | 119 (11%) | 93 (9%) | 44 (4%) | 26 (2%) |
| Intensity of labial discomfort | 781 (74%) | 136 (13%) | 74 (7%) | 34 (3%) | 25 (2%) |
| Frequency of labial pain | 789 (75%) | 113 (11%) | 90 (9%) | 36 (3%) | 24 (2%) |
| Intensity of labial pain | 812 (77%) | 120 (11%) | 69 (7%) | 35 (3%) | 19 (2%) |
| Additional items on labial discomfort | |||||
| Frequency of labial numbness or lack of feeling | 847 (81%) | 82 (8%) | 81 (8%) | 26 (2%) | 14 (1%) |
| Intensity of labial numbness or lack of feeling | 876 (83%) | 81 (8%) | 59 (6%) | 17 (2%) | 17 (2%) |
| Frequency of labial itching, burning, or swelling | 775 (74%) | 119 (11%) | 91 (9%) | 41 (4%) | 25 (2%) |
| Intensity of labial itching, burning, or swelling | 779 (74%) | 135 (13%) | 75 (7%) | 42 (4%) | 24 (2%) |
| Frequency of blood during or after sexual activity | 954 (90%) | 46 (4%) | 41 (4%) | 11 (1%) | 8 (1%) |
| Amount of blood during or after sexual activity | 963 (91%) | 54 (5%) | 28 (3%) | 4 (0%) | 5 (0%) |
| Vulvar Discomfort with Sexual Activity – Clitoral | |||||
| Frequency of clitoral discomfort | 807 (77%) | 116 (11%) | 86 (8%) | 25 (2%) | 20 (2%) |
| Intensity of clitoral discomfort | 844 (80%) | 106 (10%) | 63 (6%) | 35 (3%) | 9 (1%) |
| Frequency of clitoral pain | 836 (79%) | 96 (9%) | 76 (7%) | 34 (3%) | 16 (2%) |
| Intensity of clitoral pain | 875 (83%) | 95 (9%) | 55 (5%) | 22 (2%) | 12 (1%) |
| Additional items on clitoral discomfort | |||||
| Frequency of clitoral numbness or lack of feeling | 838 (79%) | 96 (9%) | 85 (8%) | 24 (2%) | 20 (2%) |
| Intensity of clitoral numbness or lack of feeling | 849 (80%) | 100 (9%) | 66 (6%) | 19 (2%) | 21 (2%) |
*
Not all fields add to 100 due to rounding.
†
From the full sample available for psychometric evaluation, n=1686. Not shown is the frequency of responses to the option of “no sexual activity in the past 30 days”, which comprises the remainder of the full sample.