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Lichen Sclerosus - the Influence on Quality of Life

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Lichen Sclerosus
Interventions
Other: Standard care and sexological counseling
Registration Number
NCT03419377
Lead Sponsor
Vendsyssel Hospital
Brief Summary

A randomised controlled trial of Lichen Sclerosus in a period of six months measuring Quality of Life and sexuality among women with Lichen Sclerosus.

Detailed Description

The patients are randomized to an intervention Group and a control Group. The intervention gets 6-8 visits with clinical sexologist and the control Group is having the usual care.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
158
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients diagnosed with Lichen Sclerosus
  • Age over 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who does not understand or speak Danish
  • Patients with a psychiatric diagnosis and can not follow the course

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard care and sexological counselingStandard care and sexological counselingStandard care including gynecological examination and 6-8 sexological consultations.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Quality of Life in women with Lichen SclerosusSix months

Change in EuroQol five dimension (EQ-5D) score. The descriptive system comprises 5 dimensions (mobili-ty, self care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression). However, each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, and extreme problems. The answers given to EQ-5D permit to find 243 unique health states or can be converted into EQ-5D index an utility scores anchored at 0 for death and 1 for perfect health.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vendsyssel Hospital

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Hjørring, Denmark

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