USE OF THE FLORIDA SEXUAL HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE TO DIFFERENTIATE PRIMARY ORGANIC FROM PRIMARY PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE

A recent study demonstrated the Florida Sexual History Questionnaire ( FSHQ) is reliable and valid when used to discriminate impotent from no nimpotent men. This study examined the ability of the FSHQ to discrimi nate between men with primary psychogenic and primary organic impotenc e in a sample of impotent diabetics and a larger group of impotent men . The hit rate in the diabetic sample was 81% using an eight-item disc riminant function, and 70% using the total score. Hit rates in the lar ger sample were significant but lower (73% and 66%). The results sugge st that the FSHQ has concurrent validity in terms of discriminating pr imary organic from primary psychogenic impotence.