2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia

Jacob Bornstein; Andrew T. Goldstein; Colleen K Stockdale; Sophie Bergeron; Caroline Pukall; Denniz Zolnoun; Deborah Coady; consensus vulvar pain terminology committee of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD)

doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.167

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2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia

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2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia

Jacob Bornstein, Andrew T. Goldstein, Colleen K Stockdale, Sophie Bergeron, Caroline Pukall, Denniz Zolnoun, Deborah Coady and consensus vulvar pain terminology committee of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD)

Journal of sexual medicine, Vol.13(4), pp.607-612

2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.167

PMID: 27045260

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Abstract

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. 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. 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.

Sexual Behavior

vulvar pain

nomenclature

vulva disease

Consensus Conference

Sexual Dysfunction

Dyspareunia

Terminology

Vestibulodynia

Vulva

Vulvar Vestibulitis

Pelvic Pain

Vulvodynia

RISK

WOMEN

PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA

UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY

VESTIBULITIS SYNDROME

ADULT-ONSET VULVODYNIA

Societies, Medical

Women's Health

Reproductive Health

Vulvodynia - classification

Humans

Terminology as Topic

Female

Consensus

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Title: Subtitle: 2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia
Creators: Jacob Bornstein
Andrew T. Goldstein
Colleen K Stockdale - University of Iowa, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sophie Bergeron
Caroline Pukall
Denniz Zolnoun
Deborah Coady
consensus vulvar pain terminology committee of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD)
Contributors: consensus vulvar pain committee of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (Institution)
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of sexual medicine, Vol.13(4), pp.607-612
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.167
PMID: 27045260
NLM abbreviation: J Sex Med
ISSN: 1743-6095
eISSN: 1743-6109
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.; HOBOKEN
Number of pages: 6
Grant note: Bayer Palatin
Language: English
Date published: 2016
Academic Unit: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Record Identifier: 9983930282502771

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