Sexual function and pelvic floor activity in women: the role of traumatic events and PTSD symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic sexual experiences can negatively affect sexual functioning and increase pelvic floor activity in women, especially when post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is developed. However, little is known about the effect of other types of interpersonal and non-interpersonal, traumatic experiences on sexual function and pelvic floor overactivity.

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of lifetime traumatic experiences and subsequent PTSD symptoms on sexual function and pelvic floor activity and to investigate whether the effects differ for interpersonal and non-interpersonal trauma.

Methods

Women (N=82) with obesity and a history of infertility, participating in a follow-up study of an RCT investigating a lifestyle intervention progra

SUBMITTER: Karsten MDA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473031 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature