Impact of pelvic floor muscle strength on female sexual function: retrospective multicentric cross-sectional study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The female pelvic floor muscles (PFM) play an important role in sexual function. We hypothesize that there is a relation between PFM strength and sexual function in women with and without sexual dysfunction.

Methods: Retrospective multicentric cross-sectional study including women with and without sexual dysfunction [Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) cutoff point < 26.

Electromyographic analysis of maximal voluntary contraction of female pelvic floor muscles: Intrarater and interrater reliability study.

Aims: To investigate the intrarater and interrater reliability of the surface electromyography (sEMG) of female pelvic floor muscles (PFM) by visual determination of the onset-offset during maximal voluntary contraction (MVC).

Methods: Intrarater and interrater reliability study. Three MVC, recorded for 5 s (s) each and separated by intervals of 60 s, were requested.

The Brazilian version of the Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy: translation, cross-cultural adaptation and reliability - an observational cross-sectional study.

Background: The Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (NVPQOL) is a validated questionnaire assessing quality of life among pregnant women with nausea and vomiting.

Objective: To translate, cross-culturally adapt and evaluate the reliability of the NVPQOL.

Design And Setting: Observational cross-sectional study developed in a public university in Brazil.

Patients undergoing periodontal procedures commonly use dietary supplements: A consideration in the design of intervention trials.

Objective: Diet and dietary supplement use are associated with periodontal health while a cause and effect relationship is less clear. Although associations with specific nutrients and supplements suggest a potential benefit to healing of periodontal tissues after periodontal procedures, this study determined if patients undergoing periodontal surgery currently take dietary supplements to gage whether patients may accept use of such supplements as a potential intervention.

Materials And Methods: Patients who were undergoing implant placement or soft tissue graft surgery completed a questionnaire indicating any dietary supplements they consumed.

Work Experience and Emotional State in Caregivers of Elderly Relatives.

This study aims to investigate the influence of work experience variables on the emotional state of worker-caregivers based on stress process model. The emotional state (depression, negative and positive affect and worry-strain), caregiver and care recipient features, caregiving stressors and appraisal, and role strains/work-related variables were assessed in 83 worker-caregivers of elderly dependent relatives. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses were performed for each of the four emotional outcome variables.