Physiotherapeutic Approach of Dyspareunia in Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain : Comparison Between Two Techniques. a Randomized Clinical Trial
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Abstract
Problem statement: Dyspareunia is an important sexual dysfunction commonly encountered in clinical practice, leading a negative impact in quality of life of women. Tenderness of pelvic floor muscles is frequently observed among women with dyspareunia. Most women regard dyspareunia as ordinary symptom and very often did not report the pain, what over the time can aggravate the symptom generating Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP). Despite of this, to date are few studies in literature addressing the evaluation and treatment of dyspareunia caused by tenderness of pelvic floor muscles. Objectives: Evaluate the effectiveness of Thiele perineal massage and the effectiveness of intravaginal electrostimulation in treating women with Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and dyspareunia caused by spasm of the pelvic muscles, to compare two techniques and their pain effects, anxiety and depression risks and sexual function. METHODS: Was realized a clinical trial randomized with random allocation of people in parallel groups. Group A:14 women treated with perineal massage and group B:16 women treated with intravaginal electrostimulation. Inclusion criteria: Women with CPP and superficial dyspareunia caused by spasms of the pelvic muscles diagnosed and exclusion criteria: Dyspareunia without spasm in pelvic muscles, pregnant, menopause and with medical records of vasculopathies, neuropathies, diabetes, thyroid disease. These women were recruited in the Clinic of Chronic Pelvic Pain of the Hospital of Ribeiru00e3o Preto Medical School of the University of Su00e3o Paulo (HC/FMRP-USP). Evaluation with physical examination and application of VAS, McGill pain, HAD and SFIF and the collection of demographic data were performed. After end of treatment these women were re-evaluated after 1, 4, 12 and 24 weeks follow-up by a foreign evaluator to the type of treatment. RESULTS: No significant differences were found when comparing the effectiveness of one technique in relation to the other in any of the reevaluation times. However, significant results were found within each group between pre-treatment and post-treatment times (1, 4, 12, and 24 weeks post-treatment). In relation to the improvement of pain (EVA, McGILL) and sexual function (FSFI), no significant differences were found regarding treatment techniques and the risk for anxiety and depression. CONCLUSION: The two treatment modalities were effective in improving pain, thus suggesting their use separately or in combination in cases of DPC associated with superficial dyspareunia secondary to pelvic muscle spasms.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.005 | 0.004 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.004 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.010 | 0.001 |
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