Decreased Sexual Desire Screener - operational shell
The Decreased Sexual Desire Screener is a brief desire-related screen. This catalogue entry is an operational shell. It is not a diagnosis and not a public test.
Overview
What is the DSDS?
DSDS organises decreased-desire questions for clinician review. It does not diagnose hypoactive sexual desire disorder and does not prescribe medication.
Development and clinical use
Clayton and colleagues published DSDS. Confirm official materials before live use. This Lirena entry is not independently verified for production scoring.
- Catalogue status
- Educational entry
- Production scoring
- Not independently verified
- Mode
- self-report
- Typical use
- Clinician-reviewed intake
- Clinical role
- Decreased-desire screening support
Administration
A focused client experience
DSDS is completed as a focused self-report and stored for clinician review. This public page does not collect answers or return a score.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that results go to the clinic
The illustration shows layout only. It does not reproduce DSDS item wording.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Published scoring conventions may exist in official materials. This public page does not independently verify scoring, cutoffs, or a production scoring rule. Use the official form and scoring instructions for the version you intend to use.
References
- Original DSDS paperClayton AH et al. Validation of the Decreased Sexual Desire Screener (DSDS). J Sex Med. 2009;6(3):730-738.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the DSDS
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Does DSDS diagnose HSDD?
No. It is a screener. Diagnosis remains a clinician task.
Can I complete DSDS here?
No. This landing is educational.
Is DSDS the same as FSFI?
No. They answer different clinical questions.
Is this entry ready to assign?
Not from this page. Confirm verification first.