Psychosexual functioning in symptomatic and asymptomatic women with and without signs of vaginitis.

Women with symptoms of vaginitis, but no microbial etiology for their condition (the experimental group) were compared to women with symptoms and abnormal findings on examination, women with no symptoms and abnormal findings on examination, and women with no symptoms and normal findings on examination. Comparison was on a variety of measures of personality, marital satisfaction, and sexual function. All women were found to have normal personality structure as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). However, the experimental group differed from the others in their objective sexual function, subjective level of enjoyment, and the extent to which they were affected by their vaginal symptoms.