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	Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS)	Scala di Soddisfazione Sessuale (SSS)
Campo	Urologia e ginecologia	Urologia e ginecologia
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	2002	2003
Ideatore	Derogatis et al.	Ponticas et al.
Tipo	Self-report distress scale	Self-report satisfaction scale
Fonte seminale	Derogatis, L. R., Clayton, A. H., Lewis-D'Agostino, D. J., Wunderlich, G., & Fu, Y. (2008). Validation of the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised for assessing distress in women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder and female sexual arousal disorder. Journal of Sexual & Marital Therapy, 34(2), 94–118.	Ponticas, Y. (2003). Validity and reliability of a brief sexual satisfaction scale. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64(3-A), 835.
Alias	FSDS, FSDS-R	SSS, Kansas City Sexual Satisfaction Scale
Correlati	3	4
Sintesi	The FSDS is a brief self-report measure designed to assess psychological distress specifically related to female sexual dysfunction. Originally developed by Derogatis and colleagues and published in 2002, the revised version (FSDS-R) comprises 13 items measuring distress about sexual concerns, with particular utility in identifying women who seek treatment for sexual problems versus those with asymptomatic sexual dysfunction. It is widely used in clinical practice and research to distinguish distress-inducing sexual dysfunction from normative sexual variation.	The Sexual Satisfaction Scale (also known as the Kansas City Sexual Satisfaction Scale) is a brief, unidimensional self-report measure designed to assess subjective satisfaction with sexual life and sexual relationships. First published by Ponticas in 2003, it comprises typically 5–7 items measuring global sexual satisfaction on simple Likert or semantic differential scales. Its brevity and conceptual clarity make it useful for rapid assessment in clinical and research settings.