Indonesian Journal of Medicine
Vol. 5 No. 4 (2020)

Hypnosis and Dyspareunia: A Meta Analysis

Kumalasari, Ratna Dewi (Unknown)
Tamtomo, Didik Gunawan (Unknown)
Prasetya, Hanung (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Jan 2021

Abstract

Background: Sexual satisfaction refers to a person's pleasant feelings from the type of sexual relationship that forms an important part of one partner's impression of another. 75% of women experience sexual problems. Symptoms of sexual dysfunction occur in nearly half of the marriage period and 75% of couples need therapy. This study aims to analyze the effect of hypnosis on pain during sexual activity and the intensity of pain.Subjects and Method: This study was a meta-analysis and a systematic study. The arti­cles used were obtained from several elec­tronic databases including Pubmed, Science Direct, Springer Link, and Google Scholar. Articles were collected for 4 weeks. The keywords to search for articles were as follows: "non-medi­cal therapy", "non-medical care", "randomized control trial", "sexual disturbance", "sexual function", "sexual satisfaction". The articles studied were full text articles with an obser­vational research design. Articles were collected using PRISMA diagrams, and analyzed using the Review Manager 5.3 application.Results: The effects of hypnosis on pain during sexual activity (aOR= 3.55; 95% CI= 2.63 to 4.79; p = 0.001) and intensity of pain (aOR=  2.39; 95% CI= 1.96 to 2.82; p= 0.006).Conclusion: Hypnosis can reduce pain during sexual activity and the intensity of pain.Keywords: Hypnosis, sexual dysfunctionCorrespondence: Kumalasari. Masters Program in Public Health Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: logicakinanthi@gmail.com. Mobile: +62812623900900.Indonesian Journal of Medicine (2020), 05(04): 291-298https://doi.org/10.26911/theijmed.2020.05.04.04. 

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Journal Info

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theijmed

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Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Indonesian Journal of Medicine (IJM) is an international, open-access, and double-blind peer-reviewed journal, focusing on the intersection of biomedical science, clinical medicine, and community medicine. The journal began its publication on August 20, 2015, and is published online three times ...