Group intervention for improving sexual response and quality of life for climacteric women : a pilot study

Abstract

The climacteric is a stage when different changes in the female genitourinary system (such as a lack of lubrication or vaginal dryness, or genital atrophy) appear. These changes may cause inconvenience and difficulties in sexual relationships of women, and as a result, deteriorate their sexual life and the quality of life as a couple. The present work shows the results of a group cognitive behavioural intervention program for the improvement of sexual response and quality of life in the couple in a sample of climacteric women. Women in the experimental group improved their sexual response after the intervention (increased arousal, lubrication and overall sexual response) as in follow-up (increase of desire, arousal, lubrication, satisfaction and overall sexual response and decrease of pain). They also improved their quality of life in the couple and their quality of life in general. These changes are compared to a baseline period and to the control group.