Flibanserin for the Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Postmenopausal Women

Change From Baseline in the Number of Satisfying Sexual Events

A small handheld electronic device (eDiary) was used by patients to record information about sexual events. Patients were instructed to complete the eDiary every morning. When completing an eDiary entry, patients answered questions regarding their sexual events since their last eDiary entry. If patients missed or were late with their eDiary entry, they could enter information about their sexual events since their most recent entry up to a maximum of seven days in the past.

Time frame: baseline through 24 weeks

Change From Baseline in the Score on the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) Desire Domain

The FSFI© is a brief, self-administered questionnaire to assess key dimensions of sexual function in women. The scale consists of 19 items that assess sexual function over the past four weeks and yields scores in six domains: desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain. The two items in the desire domain are scored from 1 to 5 (with 1 being the lowest report of desire and 5 being the highest). The raw scores of the two items are added together and then multiplied by the domain factor of 0.6. Thus, the score of the desire domain ranges from 1.2 to 6.0 (the higher the score, the higher the reported level of desire).

Time frame: baseline through 24 weeks