THE INFLUENCE OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IN SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION FEMALE: Randomized Clinical Trial

Centro de Atenção ao Assoalho Pélvico

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sexual Dysfunctions

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); Behavioral: Control therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02613546

U1111-11754978

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is a randomized clinical trial aims to evaluate the influence of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) on quality of life and sexual function of patients with sexual dysfunction. The notion of sexual health for the World Health Organization exceeds the concept of sickness absence, having a subjective well-being of significance in the spheres of self-concept, self-image, interpersonal relationships and sense of self worth. Furthermore, sexual satisfaction and relationship quality of life is also evidenced in many studies. CBT is a brief and focal psychotherapy with proven efficacy in several mental disorders, improving health and quality of life of the treated populations. However, they did not find clinical trials that showed the effectiveness of CBT in Sexual Dysfunctions. This study aims to then fill this gap by evaluating the relationship from the use of techniques of CBT.

Enrollment: 34 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 59 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women aged 18-59 years;
• FSFI less than or equal to 26.

Exclusion criteria

• Scores of Beck Scales - moderate or severe;
• Prescribing hormone therapy after starting the group.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Experimental group

Description:

The study group will undergo 10 sessions of guidelines and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) about an hour long, once a week. Of these: 1. evaluation session; 2. sessions of psychoeducation about the CBT model 5 sessions of cognitive restructuring 2 sessions of preventing relapse

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Control

Other group

Description:

The control group will be subjected to 10 weekly sessions (1 time per week) approximately one hour guidelines.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control therapy