Clinical Psychology 9 (2016), 1, 76-76


Oral papers

Effectiveness of Psychobehavioral Interventions for Female Sexual Dysfunctions: A Meta-Analysis


A. Gunst - Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
D. Ventus - Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
J. Antfolk - Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
A. Kärnä - Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
P. Jern - Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku; Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

https://doi.org/10.21465/2016-KP-OP-0050

Fulltext (english, pages 76-76).pdf


Abstracts
Objective: Female sexual dysfunctions (FSDs; difficulties related to sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, and pain) are prevalent and associated with both relationship quality and overall wellbeing. Psychobehavioral interventions are widely used to treat FSDs; however, little is known about the effectiveness of these interventions. Our objective was to conduct a meta-analysis on existing randomized clinical trials of psychobehavioral treatment interventions for FSDs. Design and Method: We used the electronic databases PubMed and PsycINFO in the search of relevant studies. One researcher conducted the literature search in June 2015. The search yielded 1235 hits in PubMed and 789 hits in PsycINFO. Abstract and/or title analysis reduced the possibly relevant studies to 104. A review of the reference lists in these studies was subsequently carried out. Data of interest were coded by one researcher. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the coding, an interrater reliability test was carried out on a randomly selected part of the data. Before analyzing, another search was carried out in order to find studies published after the original literature search. Results: We calculated effect sizes expressing the difference between treatment and control group scores. At present, data analyses are still in progress. Conclusions: This is, to our knowledge, the first meta-analysis of psychobehavioral treatment for FSDs that includes more recent studies, published after 2009.


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