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Sexual function and pelvic floor activity in women: the role of traumatic events and PTSD symptoms.

Matty D A KarstenVincent WekkerAnne BakkerHenk GroenMiranda OlffAnnemieke HoekEllen T M LaanTessa J Roseboom
Published in: European journal of psychotraumatology (2020)
Trauma exposure is associated with pelvic floor overactivity in women with a positive screen for PTSD, such that pelvic floor overactivity is more severe with greater PTSD severity. These findings suggest that the development of PTSD after interpersonal trauma is pivotal in this association. Sexual function was unrelated to trauma exposure and pelvic floor function, perhaps related to the fact that the interpersonal trauma events reported in this study were mainly non-sexual.
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