ArticleInternet interventions2021
Internet-based treatment for vulvodynia (EMBLA) - Study protocol for a randomised controlled study.
Article in Internet interventions, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02809612 (The EMBLA Project - An Internet-based Intervention as a Supplement to Clinical Management for Vulvodynia Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The EMBLA Project - An Internet-based Intervention as a Supplement to Clinical Management for Vulvodynia Patients
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- Biopsychosocial Approaches for the Management of Female Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Systematic Review.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025Pooled it
- Health economic evaluation of a randomized controlled trial (EMBLA study), an internet-based treatment for provoked vulvodynia.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
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Abstract
backgroundVulvodynia is defined as vulvar pain for at least 3 months without a clear cause. To the best of our knowledge, there are no trials investigating the effects of internet treatment using CBT (Cognitive behavioural therapy) treatment with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) components for women with vulvodynia. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of such a guided internet-based intervention on provoked vulvar pain during the waiting period before clinical treatment.
methodsWe will randomise 52 patients to either guided internet-based intervention with CBT with (ACT) components or no intervention during the waiting period for treatment as usual. Online assessments are conducted at baseline, posttreatment, and at follow-up after 9 months. The primary outcome measure is provoked vulvar pain. Secondary outcomes are depression, anxiety, sexual function, and quality of life. Linear-mixed effect models will be used to assess the effect of the internet-based intervention on vulvar pain, pain acceptance, depression, anxiety, sexual function, and quality of life over time, by applying the intention-to-treat approach. Continuous data will be analysed with general linear models using intention-to-treat and also per protocol approaches to assess the effects of the intervention at different time points. Ordinal and binary data will be analysed with Mann Whitney's test, Fischer's exact test and multivariate logistic regression, respectively. DISCUSSION: As a randomised controlled trial with short- and long-term follow-up points, the EMBLA study intends to provide a novel and better understanding regarding the treatment of vulvodynia and the role of internet-based treatment as a complement to standard care for women suffering from vulvodynia. The effects of vulvodynia on pain, sexual function, quality of life, depression, and anxiety are investigated. The study's results are expected to be of value in the planning of clinical care in the medical area. High dropout rates and technical difficulties associated with using the platform are common in similar studies. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02809612.
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