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Effectiveness of Pelvic Floor Exercises and Sexual Education in Women Over 60

NCT06539897 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2025-04-16

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Summary

Since the mid-19th century, "old age" has been increasingly recognized as a natural life stage, especially as the human lifespan extends. However, aging brings changes that negatively impact women's lives, causing diseases and lowering quality of life. Women now spend about one-third of their lives in old age. With 1.2 billion elderly women expected by 2030 (WHO), addressing aging issues is crucial for improving life quality. As life expectancy for women exceeds 80, advancements in modern and complementary medicine are making old age more bearable. Sexual health, closely tied to general health, should be considered in this context, involving both the woman and her family.

Aging leads to hormonal and muscle changes, causing pelvic floor dysfunctions such as incontinence, prolapse, constipation, and sexual dysfunction (Kikuchi, 2007). Pelvic floor muscles play a key role in sexual function, affecting lubrication, arousal, and orgasm (Berman et al., 2002; DeUgarte et al., 2004; Wright and O'Connor, 2015). Muscle tone imbalances can cause sexual pain disorders or decreased orgasm intensity and urinary incontinence (Berman et al., 2002; Berman, 2005; Mouritsen, 2009). Decreasing hormonal balance with age leads to issues like dyspareunia in women and erectile dysfunction in men (Kelley, 2018). Strategies like behavioral training and exercise can help mitigate age-related pelvic floor problems (Espunã-Pons, 2009).

Conditions

  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Menopause
  • Pelvic Floor Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sexual education

These sessions of the sexual education program aim to increase women's knowledge and awareness about their own bodies. Women are informed about their own bodies, their identities, and the stages of sexual response, aiming to make the process clearer and more understandable. They will be encouraged to discover what sexuality means to them, their knowledge about sexuality will be questioned, and sexual myths, if any, will be revealed, and correct information about sexual myths will be provided to normalize sexuality. In addition, discussions will be held on the meanings of being a woman and an older woman, and women's perspectives on themselves and their self-esteem will be emphasized. In the third session, participants will be taught effective communication techniques to improve their communication skills with their partners.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Akdeniz University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-02
Primary Completion
2024-08-15
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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