Comparison of the prevalence of dyspareunia among women who do regular clinical pilates and live A sedentary life

Dyspareunia is an important sexual dysfunction that causes great damage to women's quality of life and can be seen widely in clinical practice. It has been shown that significant improvements can be achieved in pelvic floor muscle strength with clinical pilates practices. In this study, it is aimed to compare the incidence of dyspareunia among women who regularly practice clinical pilates and who live sedentary, as a result of the principle of concentration, determination and precision in strengthening the pelvic floor muscles of clinical pilates exercises. Our study was carried out by including sedentary women who regularly do clinical pilates in a pilates studio in Eyüpsultan district of Istanbul and reside in the same district on a voluntary basis. In our study, we examined two groups as clinical pilates practitioners (n=30) and sedentary women (n=30); The duration and presence of clinical pilates were collected on the sociodemographic form, the Carol Postpartum Dyspareunia Rating Scale was used for dyspareunia, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (UFAA) was used to measure the level of physical activity. The average age of our study with 60 women is 29.25, and the average height is 163,80. Severe libido disorder, which is the subtitle of the Carol Postpartum Dyspareunia Evaluation Questionnaire, was found in the sedentary group with a difference of 3.3%. Moderate libido disorder was found in the sedentary group and 50% in the group doing clinical pilates. There was no significant difference between the groups with the frequency of desire before starting sexual intercourse and the frequency of excitement during sexual activity (p<0.05), while moderate lubrication disorder was 36.7 in the sedentary group, it was 30% in the clinical pilates group. (p<0.05) There was no statistically significant difference between the groups with moderate pain frequency and intensity (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between the groups with the frequency of pain during vaginal penetration. (p<0.05) There was no significant difference between the groups with the frequency of pain during vaginal intercourse. (p<0.05) There was no significant difference between the groups with the pain that continued after vaginal intercourse ended. (p<0.05) Our study As a result of the comparison of the frequency of dyspareunia between women who regularly do clinical pilates and those who live sedentary, no significant difference was found.