Consistency of Questionnaires to Evaluating Sexual Functions in Young Healthy Women

NCT03241524 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 28032017
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 31
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

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

Keywords

Pelvic Floor muscles; Physical Therapy; Sexual function evaluation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Assessment of female sexual response by Female Sexual Function Inventory (FSFI)

  This questionnaire contains 19 itens assessing sexual function over the past four weeks, associated with six domains and possible types of disorders: desire, arousal, lubrification, orgasm, satisfaction of sexual life, and pain during or after the intercourse.

  8 weeks

• Assessment of female sexual response by Sexual quotient for women (QS-F)

  This instrument is composed of 10 questions that assess sexual function, adressing desire and interest in sex, foreplay, sexual arousal and harmony with the partner, comfort in sexual intercourse, and orgasm and sexual satisfaction. The overall scores range from 0 to 100, where high scores mean excellent sexual performance.

  8 weeks

• Assessment of female sexual response by Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) for female.

  The GRISS is a 28-item questionnaire that provides a total GRISS score as well as two separate scales for males and females. For females, the scale has 8 items, including anorgasmia, vaginismus, non-communication, infrequency, female avoidance, female non-sensuality, female dissatisfaction and anorgasmia. Scoring was from 0 to 10 with values higher than 5 indicating sexual dysfunction.

  8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Pelvic floor muscles performance quantified by PERFECT method

  8 weeks

• Pelvic floor muscles performance quantified by PERITRON method

  8 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Exercise program for pelvic muscle floor

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: Exercise program for pelvic muscle floor

Interventions

Exercise program for pelvic muscle floor OTHER

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.

Exercise program for pelvic muscle floor

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Do not continue with the intervention program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: lead

Study Sites (1)

Laboratory of Physical Therapy

João Pessoa, Paraíba, 58038-10, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Sacomori C, Virtuoso JF, Kruger AP, Cardoso FL. [Pelvic floor muscle strength and sexual function in women]. Fisioterapia e Movimento, 28, 657-665, 2015.

  BACKGROUND

• Damjanovic A, Duisin D, Barisic J. The evolution of the female sexual response concept: treatment implications. Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2013 Mar-Apr;141(3-4):268-74. doi: 10.2298/sarh1304268d.

  PMID: 23745356 RESULT

• da Costa CKL, Spyrides MHC, de Sousa MBC. Consistency of three different questionnaires for evaluating sexual function in healthy young women. BMC Womens Health. 2018 Dec 20;18(1):204. doi: 10.1186/s12905-018-0693-y.

  PMID: 30572853 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Mental Disorders; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Graduate student

Model Details: Perineal floor muscle performance and participants' sexual functions were evaluated in three successive situations: (1) Initial evaluation; (2) after 4 weeks (intermediate evaluation), and (3) 8 weeks (final evaluation) from the start of the training program.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 29, 2017
• First Posted: August 7, 2017
• Study Start: March 12, 2016
• Primary Completion: June 20, 2016
• Study Completion: September 12, 2016
• Last Updated: August 7, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BR (1)