Vulvovaginal atrophy management with a laser: the placebo effect or the conditioning Pavlov reflex.
Climacteric
; 25(4): 323-326, 2022 08.
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| ID: mdl-35352627
ABSTRACT
Postmenopausal vulvovaginal pain and atrophy require appropriate and sensitive outcomes that correlate with the genital discomfort, symptoms and expected changes. In some studies, hormone and laser treatments do not detect benefits due to the fact that appropriate measuring tools were not used. While some studies have demonstrated placebo effects for both therapeutic approaches, others support that sham-intervention could be a therapeutic by creating a conditioning reflex. However, obtained results are directly related with the quality of outcomes:
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dispareunia
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Lasers de Gás
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Climacteric
Assunto da revista:
GINECOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha