The tampon test for vulvodynia treatment outcomes research: reliability, construct validity, and responsiveness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A standardized tampon insertion and removal test, the Tampon Test provides an alternative to sexual intercourse pain as an outcome measure for vulvodynia research. We report upon the reliability, validity, and responsiveness to change of the Tampon Test as an outcome measure for vulvodynia clinical trials.

Methods

Outcome measures were assessed in women enrolled in the Vulvar Vestibulitis Clinical Trial, a randomized clinical trial of oral desipramine and topical lidocaine effectiveness. Reliability estimates of the Tampon Test using the Kappa statistic evaluated week-to-week measures at baseline. Tampon Test construct and discriminant validity were assessed through correlation with other outcome measures. Patients' ability to regularly perform the Tampon Test was

SUBMITTER: Foster DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756618 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature