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9 publications dans cette catégorie
6 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
5 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
The Research Institute of Galilee Medical Center, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University, Nahariya, Israel.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
The Research Institute of Galilee Medical Center, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Uppsala University, Center for Clinical Research, Västmanland County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden; Uppsala University, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: merit.kullinger@regionvastmanland.se.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Uppsala University, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala, Sweden; Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå, Sweden. Electronic address: ulf.hogberg@kbh.uu.se.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Uppsala University, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: Monica.Buhrman@psyk.uu.se.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Uppsala University, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: alkistis.skalkidou@kbh.uu.se.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Lower Genital Tract Unit, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Department of Gynecology–Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Health Psychology Section, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Health Psychology Section, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Health Psychology Section, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Health Psychology Section, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK.
INPUT Pain Management Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
University of Michigan Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Sexual Health Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. sophie.bergeron.2@umontreal.ca.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
3rd Chair and Department of Gynecology, Medical University in Lublin, Poland.
Publications dans "Vulvodynie" :
The aims of the authors' case series were to outline the clinical features of prepubertal nocturnal vulval pain syndrome and to look at management and outcomes....
Clinical details of prepubertal girls experiencing episodes of nocturnal vulval pain with no identifiable cause were recorded and analyzed. Parents completed a questionnaire to look at outcomes....
Eight girls with age at onset of symptoms between 3.5 and 8 years (mean 4.4 years) were included. Each patient described intermittent episodes of vulval pain lasting between 20 minutes and 5 hours, st...
Prepubertal nocturnal vulval pain syndrome may be a subset of vulvodynia (generalized, spontaneous, intermittent) to be included in the clinical spectrum of night terrors. Recognizing the clinical key...
Vulvodynia is a debilitating condition characterized by chronic vulvar pain, with a detrimental impact on the patient's overall quality of life. Its etiology is multifactorial, but still in the proces...
Vulvodynia is a debilitating condition characterized by painful sensitivity to touch and pressure in the vestibular tissue surrounding the vaginal opening. It is often a "diagnosis of exclusion" of id...
Vulvodynia (VVD) is a frequent and harrowing condition for which diagnosis and management remain insufficient. Our study aimed to describe and compare vulvovaginal signs and symptoms of Brazilian wome...
This cross-sectional descriptive study included Brazilian women with (n = 151) and without VVD (n = 106). All women were assessed for vaginal infection, vulvar pain intensity by means of a cotton swab...
Volunteers were mainly White, with mean age of 30 years. Vulvovaginal signs and symptoms were significantly more frequent in women with VVD (p < .05), and vulvar pain duration was 5.8 (±4) years. More...
Prolonged duration of vulvar pain, multiple visits to health care professionals, and poor relief of pain are common aspects in the clinical history of women with VVD. In addition to pain, vulvar fissu...
Vulvodynia, impacts up to 8% of women by age 40, and is hypothesized to manifest through an altered immune-inflammatory response. To test this hypothesis, we identified all women born in Sweden betwee...
Vulvodynia is an emerging health problem, still insufficiently studied, that causes a significant reduction in quality of life in many women and individuals assigned female sex at birth. Little is kno...
Published articles were systematically searched in the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases....
The few available studies that reported data on patients' body mass index (BMI) described a BMI within the normal range in most patients affected by vulvodynia, showing no difference or a slightly low...
This review emphasizes-for the first time, to our knowledge-the lack of data and the importance of conducting prospective studies investigating the nutritional and metabolic aspects related to the ons...
Vulvodynia involves vulvar discomfort that occurs in the absence of an identifiable cause. Because vulvodynia is often accompanied by myofascial pain and pelvic floor tension, transvaginal botulinum t...
Retrospective case series RESULTS: Three adolescents with vulvodynia had a suboptimal response to treatment with several interventions, including neuromodulators (oral and topical), tricyclic antidepr...
In select adolescent patients with vulvodynia, transvaginal BT injection into the pelvic floor can be an effective treatment. Further studies are needed to assess the optimal dosing, frequency, and si...
To assess the presence of anxiety, depression and somatization in women with vulvodynia....
The search for articles was performed in the electronic databases MEDLINE, via PubMed, EMBASE, LILACS and the American Psychological Association (PsycINFO). A search strategy was developed using the f...
After the screening process, 10 studies met the eligibility criteria and were included in this review. The studies were published between 1993 and 2017, with 2886 participants, of which 912 are cases ...
Through the meta-analyses, significant associations were observed between vulvodynia and depression, anxiety and somatization....
Vulvodynia, a chronic genital pain disorder with a high lifetime prevalence among women, has a significant negative impact on both women and their partners. Although there is a growing body of literat...
Eight Norwegian women diagnosed with vulvodynia by gynecologists were recruited with their partners (couples aged 19-32 years). Data was collected via individual semi-structured interviews and analyze...
Three main themes were identified in the analysis: Mysterious disorder, Social exclusion and Sexual expectations. The results show that the couples struggle with understanding the pain, as well as nav...
Heterosexual couples living with vulvodynia experience communication difficulties with partners, health professionals, and their social network. This sustains avoidance and endurance behavior, increas...
Internet-based treatment (IBT) for provoked vulvodynia (PVD) may reduce pain during intercourse and increases pain acceptance. However, a there is still a knowledge gap regarding the cost-effectivenes...