Female Chronic Pelvic Pain

Female Chronic Pelvic Pain: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Clinical Characteristics With Particular Reference to the Pelvic Musculature

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01255345

Acronym

Female CPP

Enrollment

2500

Registered

2010-12-07

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2011-06-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Abdominal Pain, Interstitial Cystitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Painful Bladder Syndrome, Pelvic Pain

Keywords

Physiotherapy, Multidisciplinary Pain Centers, Pain measurements, Physical activity, Quality of life

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the frequency and severity of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in adult women living in Copenhagen Country and Zealand Country (total population 2,4 million), Denmark, in relation to selected factors, such as basic demographic and clinical factors, health related quality of life, physical activity and abnormal muscular findings in the pelvic area.

Detailed description

Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate the frequency and severity of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in adult women living in Copenhagen Country and Zealand Country (total population 2,4 million), Denmark, in relation to selected factors, such as basic demographic and clinical factors, health related quality of life, physical activity and abnormal muscular findings in the pelvic area. Methods: The study is designed as a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey and two randomly selected age stratified groups of the responding participating women, one with or one without pain, will receive a clinical examination by a specialist physiotherapist for abnormal muscular finding in the pelvic, lower abdominal or inguinal area. Results: Descriptive characteristics will be obtained by univariate analysis and presented as means with standard deviations, or percentages. T test and the Mann-Whitney test will be used to analyze continuous data with and without normal distribution, respectively, and the Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test will be used to analyze categorical data, as appropriate. Correlation between self-reported CPP and abnormal muscular findings will be analysed. Logistic regression analysis will be used to identify the independent variables significantly associated with CPP. For logistic regression analysis, we will select only those findings that are significant as determined by Fisher's exact or the Chi-square test, with values of 0 and 1 assigned to the absence and presence, respectively, of each variable in each subject.

Interventions

OTHERChronic pelvic pain

A physioterapeutic examination of abnormal muscular findings, i.e tonus, elasticitt and strength, in the pelvic area connected to female CPP.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Women ≥ 18 years * Living in Copenhagen Country (Region H) * Capable of reading, writing and speaking Danish

Exclusion criteria

* Pain limited solely to the perineal skin or introitus (vulvodynia) * Pregnancy, cancer, active pelvic inflammatory disease * Operation in the pelvic during the last 6 months * Cognitively impaired individuals

Countries

Denmark

Contacts

Primary ContactSys Loving, PT, ph.d.

sylo@heh.regionh.dk0045 22128264

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026