Effect of an 8-Week Tailored Physiotherapy Program on Sexual Health in Women with Scleroderma and Myositis: A Controlled Pilot Study

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023728%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000028" target="_blank" >RIV/00023728:_____/23:N0000028 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/23:10466012 RIV/00216208:11510/23:10466012

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s40744-023-00559-9" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s40744-023-00559-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40744-023-00559-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40744-023-00559-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effect of an 8-Week Tailored Physiotherapy Program on Sexual Health in Women with Scleroderma and Myositis: A Controlled Pilot Study

Original language description

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are very rare rheumatic diseases burdened by a high prevalence of sexual dysfunctions. However, no specific treatment has been proposed to date. To our knowledge, this is the first (pilot) study aiming to investigate the effect of an 8-week tailored physiotherapy program on the sexual health of women with SSc and IIM. In total, 12 women with SSc and 4 women with IIM were enrolled in the study. Based on the patients' capability to participate in the program, they were divided into an intervention group (IG) (mean +/- SD age 46.8 +/- 8.6 years) and a control group (CG) (mean +/- SD age 46.3 +/- 8.5 years). IG underwent the 8-week program (1 h of supervised physiotherapy twice weekly), whereas CG received no physiotherapy. At weeks 0 and 8, all patients filled in questionnaires assessing sexual function (Female Sexual Function Index [FSFI], Brief Index of Sexual Functioning for Women [BISF-W]), sexual quality of life (Sexual Quality of Life-Female [SQoL-F]), functional ability (Health Assessment Questionnaire [HAQ]), quality of life (Medical Outcomes Short Form-36 [SF-36]), and depression (Beck's Depression Inventory-II [BDI-II]). The changes were analyzed with two-way ANOVA and Friedmann's test. Compared to the statistically significant deterioration in CG over weeks 0-8, we found statistically significant improvements in the total scores of FSFI and BISF-W, and some of their domains, functional status, and the physical component of quality of life. Our 8-week physiotherapy program not only prevented the natural course of progressive deterioration of functional ability but also led to a significant improvement in sexual function and quality of life in women with SSc and IIM. However, due to the lack of randomization and a relatively small sample size resulting from the strict inclusion criteria, further validation of our results is needed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30200 - Clinical medicine

Project

<a href="/en/project/NV18-01-00161" target="_blank" >NV18-01-00161: Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk in selected rheumatic diseases</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Rheumatology and Therapy

ISSN

2198-6576

e-ISSN

2198-6584

Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

1089-1105

UT code for WoS article

000994066300002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85160219954