What Effects Can Expressive Writing Have on Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Multiple Sclerosis? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Comparison of the sexual dysfunction’s scores in women MS.

Sexual dysfunction levels	Follow up		Groups
			Control			Intervention
			A1; No pretest; ()	A2; With pretest; ()	Pretest effect	B1; No pretest; ()	B2; With pretest; ()	Pretest effect
			(min-max)	(min-max)	Mann–Whitney	(min-max)	(min-max)	Mann–Whitney
					value			value
Primary sexual dysfunction	Pretest		—	(14-22)	—	—	(13-22)
	First posttest (immediately after the intervention)		(14-21)	(14-24)		(12-17)	(12-18)
	Second posttest (4 weeks after the intervention)		(14-22)	(13-22)		(12-19)	(12-20)
	Third posttest (8 weeks after the intervention)		(14-22)	(13-23)		6; (11-18)	(12-20)
	Fridman	value			—			—
Secondary sexual dysfunction	Pretest		—	(16-40)	—	—	(16-41)
	First posttest (immediately after the intervention)		(19-29)	(17-36)		(19-32)	(20-34)
	Second posttest (4 weeks after the intervention)		(19-30)	(18-41)		(19-29)	(18-26)
	Third posttest (8 weeks after the intervention)		(19-30)	(18-41)		(19-29)	(19-29)
	Fridman	P value	P =0.68	P =0.15	—	P =0.21	P ≤0.001	—
Tertiary sexual dysfunction	Pretest		—	(13-26)	—	—	(14-26)
	First posttest (immediately after the intervention)		(13-25)	(13-24)		(11-16)	(10-15)
	Second posttest (4 weeks after the intervention)		(11-28)	(13-28)		(10-15)	(9-18)
	Third posttest (8 weeks after the intervention)		(11-26)	(13-26)		(11-16)	(9-16)
	Fridman	value			—			—
Overal sexual dysfunction	Pretest		—	(44-86)	—	—	(44-88)
	First posttest (immediately after the intervention)		(47-72)	(45-77)		(44-60)	(44-65)
	Second posttest (4 weeks after the intervention)		(47-76)	(48-88)		(59-44)	(41-57)
	Third posttest (8 weeks after the intervention)		(47-77)	(46-88)		(58-47)	(44-60)
	Fridman	value			—			—