NCT03241524

Consistency of Questionnaires to Evaluating Sexual Functions in Young Healthy Women

Consistency of Three Different Questionnaires to Evaluating Sexual Functions in Young Healthy Women Before and After a Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
• Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
• Physical Activity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise program for pelvic muscle floor	Pelvic muscles of each participant was evaluated by PERFECT and Peritron methods in terms of strengthening as well as sexual function response using 3 questionnaires, before and after 4 and 8 weeks from the beggining of an exercise program prescribed according to individual ratings obtained in the previous evaluation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-12
• Primary completion: 2016-06-20
• Completion: 2016-09-12
• First posted: 2017-08-07
• Last updated: 2017-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil