Chronic Vulvar Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Vulvodynia
Gabriela Patla,
Agnieszka I. Mazur-Bialy,
Magdalena Humaj-Grysztar,
Joanna Bonior
Affiliations
Gabriela Patla
Department of Medical Physiology, Chair of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 12 Michałowskiego Street, 31-126 Krakow, Poland
Agnieszka I. Mazur-Bialy
Department of Biomechanics and Kinesiology, Chair of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 8 Skawińska Street, 31-066 Krakow, Poland
Magdalena Humaj-Grysztar
Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 58 Zamoyskiego Street, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
Joanna Bonior
Department of Medical Physiology, Chair of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 12 Michałowskiego Street, 31-126 Krakow, Poland
The aim of this study was to investigate the severity of chronic vulvar pain in women with vulvodynia and its impact on their health-related quality of life (QL). The study group consisted of 76 women aged 19 to 58. The study was carried out using the diagnostic survey method, i.e., (1) the questionnaire technique, comprising (A) the author’s questionnaire (76 questions) and (B) the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, and (2) the VAS. When analyzing the severity of vulvar pain on the VAS, the highest proportion of women rated it at level 6 (23.68%). This was significantly determined by certain personal characteristics (age p p p p p < 0.05).
