CompletedNot Applicable

Effect of Pain Vigilance on Pain, Bladder-Bowel Function and Sexual Life

Turkey (Türkiye)77 participantsStarted 2025-10-01

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study to investigate the effect of preoperative pain hypervigilance on postoperative pain, bladder-bowel symptoms and sexual life after vaginal surgery and to compare these parameters before and after surgery. Pain vigilance (Pain Vigilance and Awareness Questionnaire-PVAQ), pain catastrophizing (Pain Catastrophizing Scale-PCS), bladder-bowel function (Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire-APFQ), and sexual function (Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)) of women were recorded before and after surgery. Visual analogue scales were used to assess the postoperative pain intensity.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 40 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Being aged 18-40. * Being able to read and write Turkish. * Have undergone vaginal surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of any confounding condition in post-operative pain severity (patients with a history of chronic pelvic pain and/or endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease), * Having conditions in which sexual activity is contraindicated and should be restricted (genital infection, etc.), * Vulvovaginal infection, * Having a neurological disease, * Having visual, auditory, and cognitive problems that may prevent participation in the study.

What they're measuring

Pain Vigilance and Awareness Questionnaire

Timeframe: Before and first day of after surgery (first postoperative day)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07065188

SponsorOrdu University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-02-05

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