Consistency of Questionnaires to Evaluating Sexual Functions in Young Healthy Women

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

Treatments: Other: Exercise program for pelvic muscle floor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03241524

28032017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The sample comprised 31 female undergraduate students attending a private University in João Pessoa, northeastern Brazil. The inclusion criteria were: age between 19 and 35 years, heterosexual, active sex life, living in a stable relationship for at least 6 months no pregnancy or parturition in the last 6 months, clinically healthy and agreeing with the terms for participating in the study. All participants gave their informed consent to take part in the study.

Full description

PURPOSE: To compare the consistency of 3 instruments for sexual function evaluation in healthy young women before and after a pelvic floor muscle training. Methods: Thirty-one healthy young women were enrolled in an 8-week training program, consisting of bipedal exercises performed at home. The PERFECT and Peritron methods were used to estimate the efficacy of the intervention on pelvic muscles. Three questionnaires (FSFI, SQ-F and GRISS) were applied to assess sexual function. Both procedures were performed on three occasions: before, 4 and 8 weeks after the start of the training program. ANOVA for repeat measures and Tukey's post hoc were applied to analyze PERFECT and Peritron results, as well as individual domains and total scores of the questionnaires. The accuracy measured by the area under the ROC curve (AUC) for individual domains of each questionnaire and cross-validated pairwise comparison of the three instruments were also analyzed.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 19 and 35 years;
• heterosexual with active sex life, living in a stable relationship for at least 6 months;
• no pregnancy or parturition in the last 6 months;
• clinically healthy;
• agreeing with the terms for participating in the study;
• To sign and agree with their informed consent to take part in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Do not continue with the intervention program.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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31 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise program for pelvic muscle floor

Experimental group

Description:

Training program for pelvic muscles and application of 3 questionnaires for sexual function evaluation and the use of PERFECT and Perina methods to evaluate perineal musculature.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise program for pelvic muscle floor