NCT02809612

An Internet-based Information Platform for Vulvodynia Patients

The EMBLA Project - An Internet-based Intervention as a Supplement to Clinical Management for Vulvodynia Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uppsala University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Vulvodynia is a very common but vastly under-diagnosed and under-treated gynaecological condition that leads to extreme suffering for both the women involved but also their partners. It has also been shown to be associated with poor quality of life, leading to depression and anxiety states. When left untreated, the condition takes a very long time to resolve, with a substantial associated disability and suffering. Both psycho-education and internet-based interventions have been shown to be highly successful while they can be quite affordable. This makes them highly cost-effective. The present study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of such an intervention among a vulvodynia patient population from the clinics of Uppsala, Falun, Orebro and Gävle. The patients will be recruited by treating physicians and given access to the internet-based platform, where they will fill out questionnaires during four different time-points, after randomization to the control or the intervention group. The intervention group will also have access to multiple activities and information material uploaded in the internet-based platform. Differences in pain, quality of life and mental health parameter outcomes will be assessed at the end of the study. Should this intervention prove effective, it will be implemented in clinical praxis in the four regions.

Conditions

• Vulvodynia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet-based platform	Internet-based platform with information and training modules based on acceptance and commitment therapy for vulvodynia patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-01
• Primary completion: 2020-09-30
• Completion: 2020-09-30
• First posted: 2016-06-22
• Last updated: 2021-04-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden