Investigation the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on sexual dysfunction in women with multiple sclerosis in Rafsanjan, 2023

Not Applicable

Conditions: Sexual dysfunction in women with multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis

Registration Number: IRCT20230610058439N1

Lead Sponsor: Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Age 20-45
Obtaining a score less than 28 from the FSFI questionnaire
More than six months have passed since the diagnosis of the disease
Married and having intermittent sex with her husband' and not intending to divorce
Ability to perform daily personal tasks without assistance from others
Extended Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score less than equal to 4.5
Absence of pregnancy
No menopause
Not using sleeping pills, alcohol, drugs and drugs affecting sexual function
Not using common complementary treatments such as yoga, Pilates, meditation at the same time
Not using any kind of sexual drugs
Not having other chronic and acute physical and mental diseases according to the medical record
The husband's absence of known sexual disorders
Not being in the acute stage of the disease
Not having cognitive disorders

Exclusion Criteria

Unwillingness to cooperation
Having lethargy and weakness or reduced level of consciousness
being admitted to the hospital

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sexual performance score in the 19-question questionnaire of intimacy and sexual activity in multiple sclerosis (MSISQ19). Timepoint: The measurement of the sexual function score will be before the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention of muscle relaxation. Method of measurement: The sexual performance score is measured using a 19-question questionnaire of multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality.

Secondary Outcome Measures