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Early Life Health in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia and/or Vaginismus
Journal of Women's Health, 2021Background: The lifetime prevalence of prolonged vulvar pain ranges from 3% to 28% among premenopausal women. Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), often accompanied with various degrees of vaginismus, is the predominant cause. We explored the association between birth-related events and the risk of developing PVD/vaginismus during adulthood.
Hanna, Mühlrad +4 more
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Steroid receptor expression and morphology in provoked vestibulodynia
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2008This study was undertaken to survey the steroid receptor expression and morphology in the vulvar vestibular mucosa in women with provoked vestibulodynia.Fourteen patients and 25 controls without oral contraceptives were included. Vestibular biopsy specimens were obtained and analyzed by using immunohistochemistry, followed by computerized image ...
Ulrika, Johannesson +6 more
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Impact of Educational Seminars on Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2010Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a common genital pain condition characterized by severe pain upon vaginal penetration. The treatment of women with PVD suggests variable efficacy across modalities. The emotional toll of PVD, because of the intimate and interpersonal nature of this sexually-provoked pain, and the relationship between PVD and anxiety ...
Lori A, Brotto +2 more
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Provoked Vestibulodynia—Medical Factors and Comorbidity Associated with Treatment Outcome
The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2012Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is the most common cause of dyspareunia in young women. The etiology is unclear, and there is little knowledge of how to predict treatment outcome.The aim of this study was to identify medical factors associated with treatment outcome and coital pain in women with PVD.Seventy women previously treated for PVD at a vulvar ...
Ulrika, Heddini +3 more
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Multidisciplinary Treatment for Provoked Vestibulodynia
The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2019Objectives: Multidisciplinary treatment programs for provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) are recommended, yet few have been evaluated. This study examined women’s symptom trajectories over time, as well as baseline demographic, psychosocial and pain characteristics as predictors/ moderators of sexual pain and distress following ...
Kelly B, Smith +4 more
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Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Control Function in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia
The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2012The objective of the study was to assess diffuse noxious inhibitory control (DNIC) function in women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) compared with healthy controls through the use of 2 different methodologies. Furthermore, the study aimed to assess whether pain characteristics correlate with DNIC in women with PVD.Twenty-three healthy control women ...
Kate S, Sutton +2 more
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Mindfulness-based Group Therapy for Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia
Mindfulness, 2014Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is the most common cause of painful intercourse in women of reproductive age and research supports psychological approaches in the management of chronic pain. We developed a four-session group treatment for women with PVD that relied mostly on mindfulness meditation skills along with education and some discussion of ...
Lori A. Brotto +4 more
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Incorporating Mindfulness Meditation into the Treatment of Provoked Vestibulodynia
Current Sexual Health Reports, 2013Optimal therapy for the pain and sexual dysfunction associated with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is unclear. Commonly co-morbid with other chronic pain conditions, PVD affects up to 18 % of premenopausal women. There is usually subsequent persistent sexual dysfunction and sexual dissatisfaction.
Rosemary Basson, Kelly B. Smith
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Botulinum Toxin A as a Treatment for Provoked Vestibulodynia
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pain reduction after two injections of 50 units botulinum toxin A compared with placebo for provoked vestibulodynia. METHODS: We conducted a double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trial of 50 units botulinum toxin A or placebo injected in the ...
Philip, Haraldson +4 more
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Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2017
To explore factors associated with the diagnosis of provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) through (1) self-reported pain characteristics and (2) Friedrich's criteria (vestibular pain during sexual activity/gynaecological examination). We also identified cases in which incorrect diagnoses were assigned and explored group differences in gynaecological ...
Emma E, Dargie +2 more
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To explore factors associated with the diagnosis of provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) through (1) self-reported pain characteristics and (2) Friedrich's criteria (vestibular pain during sexual activity/gynaecological examination). We also identified cases in which incorrect diagnoses were assigned and explored group differences in gynaecological ...
Emma E, Dargie +2 more
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