Life events in patients with vulvodynia

Abstract

Objective: Vulval pain, in the absence of pathology, may have a psychological basis that relates to life events. This study aimed to determine the nature of such events. Design: Structured questionnaire about patient's symptoms and early-life events. Setting: Private practice physiotherapist specialising in pelvic floor disorders. Population: Patients with vulvodynia as their primary symptom and control patients being treated for urinary tract disorder or post-childbirth routine physiotherapy who had no vulval pain on direct questioning. Methods: Questionnaire applied to consecutive patients referred for treatment. Seventy-eight consecutive women presenting with vulvodynia (mean age 34 years..