TY - JOUR
T1 - 2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia
AU - Bornstein, Jacob
AU - Goldstein, Andrew T.
AU - Stockdale, Colleen K.
AU - Bergeron, Sophie
AU - Pukall, Caroline
AU - Zolnoun, Denniz
AU - Coady, Deborah
AU - Bachmann, Gloria A.
AU - Bissonnette, Ione
AU - Starke, Nina Bohm
AU - Burrows, Laura
AU - Dellon, A. Lee
AU - Farmer, Melissa
AU - Foster, David
AU - Fox, Sarah
AU - Goldstein, Irwin
AU - Gracely, Richard
AU - Haefner, Hope Katharine
AU - Kellogg-Spadt, Susan
AU - Marvel, Richard
AU - Barracco, Micheline Moyal
AU - Morrison, Pam
AU - Parish, Sharon
AU - Prendergast, Stephanie
AU - Reed, Barbara
AU - Boardman, Lori
AU - Goldstein, Lisa
AU - Mate, Phyllis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 International Society for Sexual Medicine
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Introduction In 2014, the Executive Council of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the Boards of Directors of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) acknowledged the need to revise the current terminology of vulvar pain, based on the significant increase in high quality etiologic studies published in the last decade. Methods The new terminology was achieved in four steps. The first involved a terminology consensus conference with representatives of the three societies, held in April 2015. Then, an analysis of the relevant published studies was used to establish a level of evidence for each factor associated with vulvodynia. The terminology was amended based on feedback from members of the societies. Finally, each society's board accepted the new terminology. Results and Conclusion In 2015, the ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS adopted a new vulvar pain and vulvodynia terminology that acknowledges the complexity of the clinical presentation and pathophysiology involved in vulvar pain and vulvodynia, and incorporates new information derived from evidence-based studies conducted since the last terminology published in 2003.
AB - Introduction In 2014, the Executive Council of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the Boards of Directors of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) acknowledged the need to revise the current terminology of vulvar pain, based on the significant increase in high quality etiologic studies published in the last decade. Methods The new terminology was achieved in four steps. The first involved a terminology consensus conference with representatives of the three societies, held in April 2015. Then, an analysis of the relevant published studies was used to establish a level of evidence for each factor associated with vulvodynia. The terminology was amended based on feedback from members of the societies. Finally, each society's board accepted the new terminology. Results and Conclusion In 2015, the ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS adopted a new vulvar pain and vulvodynia terminology that acknowledges the complexity of the clinical presentation and pathophysiology involved in vulvar pain and vulvodynia, and incorporates new information derived from evidence-based studies conducted since the last terminology published in 2003.
KW - Consensus Conference
KW - Dyspareunia
KW - Pelvic Pain
KW - Sexual Dysfunction
KW - Terminology
KW - Vestibulodynia
KW - Vulva
KW - Vulvar Pain
KW - Vulvar Vestibulitis
KW - Vulvodynia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.167
DO - 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.167
M3 - Article
C2 - 27045260
AN - SCOPUS:84988476308
SN - 1743-6095
VL - 13
SP - 607
EP - 612
JO - Journal of Sexual Medicine
JF - Journal of Sexual Medicine
IS - 4
ER -