The impact of pelvic organ prolapse on sexual function in women with urinary incontinence

Özel, Begüm; White, T. C.; Urwitz-Lane, Rebecca; Minaglia, Steven

doi:10.1007/s00192-005-1327-0

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“…This provided an opportunity to assess the impact of pelvic floor disorders across a spectrum of symptoms and severity. Prior research has been limited either to community samples (4) or women seeking gynecologic care (2,3,16,17). In community samples, the women who report pelvic floor disorders are likely to have relatively mild symptoms and therefore the impact on sexual function might therefore be minimal in this setting.…”

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Female Sexual Function and Pelvic Floor Disorders

Handa

Cundiff

Chang

et al. 2008

Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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Objectives-Sexual function is an important dimension of adult life and yet very little is known about the relationships between female sexuality and chronic health conditions, including pelvic floor disorders. Our goal was to investigate the hypothesis that pelvic floor disorders are associated with female sexual problems, independent of other related factors.Methods-The study population included 301 adult women seeking outpatient gynecologic and urogynecologic care. Pelvic floor disorders were assessed with the Pelvic Floor Disorders Inventory-20 (PFDI) and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification examination. Sexual function was assessed with the Personal Experiences Questionnaire. Using ordinal regression analysis, we identified characteristics and conditions associated with decreased libido, infrequent orgasm, decreased arousal, and dyspareunia.Results-Sexual function was poorer among 78 women (26%) without a current sexual partner than among 223 with a partner (p<0.01). Among the 223 with a current partner, women with a high PFDI score were significantly more likely to report decreased arousal (p<0.01), infrequent orgasm (p<0.01) and increased dyspareunia (p<0.01). A similar pattern was observed for the urinary, colorectal-anal, and prolapse scales of the PFDI, although some associations were marginally significant. Stage III-IV prolapse was significantly associated with infrequent orgasm (p=0.02), but other sexual complaints were not more common with increasing prolapse stage.Conclusion-Pelvic floor symptoms are significantly associated with reduced sexual arousal, infrequent orgasm, and dyspareunia. Clinicians who care for women with pelvic floor disorders should be aware of this association and should specifically address sexual concerns with women seeking treatment of incontinence and prolapse.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Female Sexual Function and Pelvic Floor Disorders

Handa

Cundiff

Chang

et al. 2008

Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

196

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“…Se ha desarrollado un programa de entrenamiento en mujeres de 25 a 65 años, durante cuatro meses, un grupo de mujeres ejercitó los músculos por sí solos y otro, utilizó las bolas vaginales. Ambos fueron efectivos en la reducción de pérdidas de orina (Arvonen et al, 2001;Özel et al, 2006;Mørkved et al, 2014).…”

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Esferas vaginales: función terapéutica

Ruiz¹,

Molina²,

Dı́az³

2014

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Introduction: Vaginal spheres are also known as Chinese balls, vaginal balls , love balls, geisha balls, Rin no tama, Ben Wa balls. Help strengthen the pelvic floor. These produce a microvibration to move the ball inside, favoring the pelvic floor muscles and increasing blood flow to the pelvic region. There are different areas of weight, torque indications pelvic floor should be tonic.Objective: To review the literature on the effectiveness of vaginal balls and increase knowledge of the professionals on this kind of proprioceptive therapy, which is effective for many women for its easy use.Methods: Literature search in databases:Cochrane, Medline, Gerion, SciELO, Take care, Reproductive Health Library WHO and Academic Google . Results:The vaginal balls are effective in the treatment of urinary and fecal incontinence and pelvic floor training.Urinary incontinence is a common and distressing problem, which may interfere in the work, social and sexual life.There is need for further trials to evaluate the methods and protocols of adequate training for the prevention of incontinence, prolapse and sexual dysfunction.Conclusion: It has been shown that vaginal are better than no active treatment in women with stress urinary incontinence and can be equally effective than pelvic floor muscle training and electrical stimulation .Keywords words: Vaginal Balls / Geisha Ball / Pelvic floor / Urinary incontinence / childbirth / Perineal rehabilitation. RESUMOIntrodução: áreas vaginais são também conhecidos como bolas chinesas, bolas vaginais, bolas de amor, bolas de geisha, Rin no tama, bolas Ben Wa. Ajude a fortalecer o assoalho pélvico. Estes produzem um micro-vibrações para mover a bola para dentro, favorecendo os

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“…derecede POP olan kad›nlar daha s›k cinsel istek bozuklu¤u, orgazm problemi ve uyar›lma bozuklu¤u yaflamaktad›r (42) . II.…”

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