Long-Term Efficacy of Physical Therapy for Localized Provoked Vulvodynia

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Table 1 Demographic Data of the Study Participants

Characteristics	Data
Number of patients	24
Current age of patients, years (mean ± SD)	40.0 ± 4.3
Age when treated, years (mean ± SD)	26.7 ± 3.9
Years since receiving treatment	13 ± 1
Onset type of localized provoked vulvodynia
Primary	62.5% (n = 15)
Secondary	37.5% (n = 9)
Have intimate relations with partner	91.7% (n = 22)
Do not have a partner because of pain during sex	0.0% (n = 0)
Living with partner	87.5% (n = 21)
Marital status
Single	4.2% (n = 1)
Married	91.7% (n = 22)
Widowed	0.0% (n = 0)
Divorced	4.2% (n = 1)

Figure 1 Flow chart of the study participants.

Figure 2 Patients’ level of pain during sexual intercourse at the time of the survey vs during the recovery period.

Figure 3 Level of pain at time of survey.

Figure 4 Rating of pain levels during various activities before and after treatment.

Notes: **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

Figure 5 Satisfaction with treatment: level of pain relief following physical therapy.

Figure 6 Time until maximal pain relief.

Table 2 Factors Related to Treatment Outcomes

	Predictive Variable	B	β	T	Cumulative R^2
Physical therapy	Onset type of PV	0.026	0.016	0.074	0.000
	Age at the time of treatment	−0.003	−0.015	−0.068	0.000

Abbreviations: PV, provoked vulvodynia; B, unstandardized beta; β, standardized beta; T, t-test statistic.