THE INFLUENCE OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IN SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION FEMALE: Randomized Clinical Trial
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Control therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Sexual Dysfunctions. Basic parameters: 18 years — 59 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Brazil
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This research is a randomized clinical trial aims to evaluate the influence of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) on quality of life and sexual function of patients with sexual dysfunction. The notion of sexual health for the World Health Organization exceeds the concept of sickness absence, having a subjective well-being of significance in the spheres of self-concept, self-image, interpersonal relationships and sense of self worth. Furthermore, sexual satisfaction and relationship quality of life is also evidenced in many studies. CBT is a brief and focal psychotherapy with proven efficacy in several mental disorders, improving health and quality of life of the treated populations. However, they did not find clinical trials that showed the effectiveness of CBT in Sexual Dysfunctions. This study aims to then fill this gap by evaluating the relationship from the use of techniques of CBT.
Interventions
- Behavioral Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
The study group will undergo 10 sessions of guidelines and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) about an hour long, once a week. Of these: 1. evaluation session; 2. sessions of psychoeducation about the CBT model 5 sessions of cognitive restructuring 2 sessions of preventing relapse - Behavioral Control therapy
The control group will be subjected to 10 weekly sessions (1 time per week) approximately one hour guidelines.
Primary outcome measures
- Score Function Sexual [Time frame: one week]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Quality of Life Scale Questionary [Time frame: one week]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Women aged 18-59 years;
- FSFI less than or equal to 26.
Exclusion criteria
- Scores of Beck Scales - moderate or severe;
- Prescribing hormone therapy after starting the group.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Brazil · 1 center
- Centro de Atenção ao Assoalho Pelvico — Salvador
Identifiers
NCT: NCT02613546 · U1111-11754978