Avaliação comportamental da paciente com dor pélvica crônica

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic pelvic pain is a non-cyclic pelvic pain that lasts more than six months and is of sufficient severity to cause functional disability. This study aims to determine the degree of optimism and response to treatment of patients with chronic pelvic pain. Methods: A prospective cohort study in patients from the gynecology and cervical pathology, University Hospital, Federal University of Sergipe. The patients answered the questions of optimism scale already with the cross-cultural validation, TOV-R and a questionnaire on sexual and social data. These patients were evaluated at time zero and after three more times with respect to treatment response. The study was approved by the research ethics committee whose protocol was CAAE No 51178715.6.0000.5546. Results: of the 63 patients interviewed, 34 (53.97%) had a mean age 21-40 years. They were from the capital Aracaju 37 (58.7%). Most, 35 (55.54%) menstruated younger than twelve. The history of pelvic pain in the family occurred in 37 (58.7%) patients. 32 (50.8%) suffer from psychiatric disorders, 33 (52.4%) had poor sleep quality and 12 (19%) make use of medication to sleep. As for the habits of the 63 patients interviewed, 20 (55.5%) improved emotional and behavioral state according to the TOV-R. 29 (80.5%) of the evaluated patients had improvement in pain due to treatment. Conclusion: Most patients achieved improvement in their emotional state during the evaluations showing efficacy of treatment.