Provoked vestibulodynia: Psychological predictors of topical and cognitive-behavioral treatment outcome

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-115

  Desrochers, Geneviève ^a   Bergeron, Sophie ^b,c   Khalifé, Samir ^d   Dupuis, Marie Josée ^e   Jodoin, Mélanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); Dyspareunia; Fear avoidance; Pain self efficacy; Predictors of outcome; Provoked vestibulodynia (PV); Topical application

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUBRICANTS; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 75049084645     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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