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Sexual Disability in Low Back Pain and Physiotherapy

NCT05636423 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 502

Last updated 2023-07-12

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Summary

A treatment centered on the person uses an approach capable of considering all the components of disability, from a physical, psychological and social point of views. Some studies have shown that sexual function is disturbed in subjects with low back pain (LBP) and sexual disability can contribute to a deterioration in quality of life. It has also been shown that, in sexually active patients complaining of LBP, sexuality is a significant mediator of the relationship between pain intensity and depressive symptoms.

The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) includes a specific item to investigate sexual function (item #8). A previous study of ours confirmed the relationship between sexual disability detected by the ODI and the presence of depression, avoidance of activities and rumination (Ferrari et al. 2019 - Digital Object Identifier: 10.1589/jpts.31.360).

The discussion on sexual disability among patients and healthcare professionals is very limited, although patients require more involvement from clinicians, especially physiotherapists, as evidenced by our previous qualitative study (Ferrari et al. 2020 - Digital Object Identifier: 10.1080/09638288.2020 .1817161).

Although studies on this topic have highlighted the importance of this disability in the life of subjects complaining of LBP, little has been investigated on clinical behaviors of the physiotherapists in this area.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain
  • Sex Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Survey

Online survey via a questionnaire composed of 28 questions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Bologna

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paolo Pillastrini, PT, MSc · University of Bologna

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-02
Primary Completion
2023-06-24
Completion
2023-07-10

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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