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To date, there has been anecdotal support, but little empirical data, to justify the application of this multidisciplinary approach toward the treatment of chronic sexual pain secondary to provoked vestibulodynia (PVD).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study aimed to evaluate a 10-week hospital-based treatment (multidisciplinary vulvodynia program [MVP]) integrating psychological skills training, pelvic floor physiotherapy, and medical management on the primary outcomes of dyspareunia and sexual functioning, including distress.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 132 women with a diagnosis of PVD provided baseline data and agreed to participate in the MVP. Of this group, n\u2009=\u2009116 (mean age 28.4 years, standard deviation 7.1) provided complete data at the post-MVP assessment, and 84 women had complete data through to the 3- to 4-month follow-up period.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>There were high levels of avoidance of intimacy (38.1%) and activities that elicited sexual arousal (40.7%), with many women (50.4%) choosing to focus on their partner\u2019s sexual arousal and satisfaction at baseline. With treatment, over half the sample (53.8%) reported significant improvements in dyspareunia. Following the MVP, there were strong significant effects for the reduction in dyspareunia (P\u2009=\u20090.001) and sex-related distress (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), and improvements in sexual arousal (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) and overall sexual functioning (P\u2009=\u20090.001). More modest but still statistically significant were improvements in sexual desire, lubrication, orgasmic function, and sexual satisfaction. All improvements were retained at 2- to 3-month follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study provides strong support for the efficacy of a multidisciplinary approach (psychological, pelvic floor physiotherapy, and medical management) for improving dyspareunia and all domains of sexual functioning among women with PVD. The study also highlights the benefits of incorporating sexual health education into general pain management strategies for this population.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jsm.12718","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,10,30]],"date-time":"2014-10-30T06:49:05Z","timestamp":1414651745000},"page":"238-247","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":94,"title":["Impact of a Multidisciplinary Vulvodynia Program on Sexual Functioning and Dyspareunia"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Lori A.","family":"Brotto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Yong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kelly B.","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leslie A.","family":"Sadownik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynaecology \u00a0 , Vancouver, BC , Canada"},{"name":"University of British Columbia \u00a0 , Vancouver, BC , Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"795","DOI":"10.1037\/0003-066X.59.8.795","article-title":"Comorbidity of chronic pain and mental health disorders: The biopsychosocial perspective","volume":"59","author":"Gatchel","year":"2004","journal-title":"Am Psychol"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0015","first-page":"45","article-title":"Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome: Reliability of diagnosis and evaluation of current diagnostic criteria","volume":"98","author":"Bergeron","year":"2001","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0020","first-page":"249","article-title":"Dyspareunia","volume-title":"Handbook of sexual dysfunction","author":"Pukall","year":"2005"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0025","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"378","DOI":"10.1080\/00224490802398365","article-title":"Combined physical and psychosexual therapy for provoked vestibulodynia: An evaluation of a multidisciplinary treatment model","volume":"45","author":"Backman","year":"2008","journal-title":"J Sex Res"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0030","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"297","DOI":"10.1016\/S0304-3959(00)00449-8","article-title":"A randomized comparison of group cognitive-behavioral therapy, surface electromyographic biofeedback, and vestibulectomy in the treatment of dyspareunia resulting from vulvar vestibulitis","volume":"91","author":"Bergeron","year":"2001","journal-title":"Pain"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0035","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"428","DOI":"10.1097\/AJP.0b013e31829ea118","article-title":"A comparison of demographic and psychosexual characteristics of women with primary versus secondary provoked vestibulodynia","volume":"30","author":"Brotto","year":"2014","journal-title":"Clin J Pain"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0040","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"238","DOI":"10.1037\/0033-2909.118.2.238","article-title":"Perspectives of chronic pain: An evaluative comparison of restrictive and comprehensive models","volume":"118","author":"Novy","year":"1995","journal-title":"Psychol Bull"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0045","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1180","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.2010.09684.x","article-title":"Guidelines for the management of vulvodynia","volume":"162","author":"Mandal","year":"2010","journal-title":"Br J Dermatol"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0050","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"83","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2012.02867.x","article-title":"Standard operating procedures for female genital sexual pain","volume":"10","author":"Fugl-Meyer","year":"2013","journal-title":"J Sex Med"},{"key":"2023010704084421700_bb0055","first-page":"19","article-title":"A qualitative study of women with vulvodynia: II. 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