Spinal Anesthesia Facilitated Sexual Intercourse As A Treatment Option For Vaginismus

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Vaginismus
• Interventions: Procedure: spinal anesthesia

• Registration Number: NCT04436172
• Lead Sponsor: Karachi Medical and Dental College

Brief Summary

Painful sex continues to be a relationship issue and can lead to marital dys-harmony. Other consequences include infertility, low self-esteem, depression and anxiety.Our study shows that spinal anesthesia is an effective last resort management option in women with vaginismus. As a one-off treatment spinal anesthesia provides hope for such couples and brings about a positive change in their relationships.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-31
• Study Completion: 2017-12-31
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-16
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Virgin married women with non-consummation of marriage for more than two years due to vaginismus

Exclusion Criteria

• partners reported erectile dysfunction
• who had vulvar skin conditions (e.g. lichen sclerosus)
• vulvovaginal and urinary tract infections
• endometriosis.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
post intervention	spinal anesthesia	Received soinal anesthesia

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
successful sexual intercourse	1 year	whether couple was able to have sexual intercourse after treatment
improvement in Female sexual functioning index	1 year	Female sexual function index (FSFI) questionnaire consists of 19 questions that assess 6 domains to assess sexual feelings and responses during the past 4 weeks.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
depression and relationship satisfaction	1 year	Depression was assessed by Zung's score. Zung's Self-Rating Depression Scale is a twenty item likert scale with raw score that ranges from 20 to 80. There are 20 items on the scale that rate the four common characteristics of depression: the pervasive effect, the physiological equivalents, other disturbances, and psychomotor activities.; Relationaship assessment was assesed by relationship assessment score.The Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS) is a brief measure of global relationship satisfaction.