Data collection and outcome measures
Pain, vulvodynia, anxiety/depression, pain
VULVODYNIA
Sociodemographic data and self-reported medical history were collected via online assessments at baseline and from medical records.To analyze healthcare utilization after the internet-based treatment, the number of visits to healthcare related to provoked vulvodynia and the total treatment length were retrieved from medical records from the gynecology clinics that referred the participants to the study. Participants recruited via social media (n = 8), and those who did not reside in the areas included in the multicenter study were invited to answer an online questionnaire with related questions regarding healthcare utilization due to provoked vulvodynia, filled out after the participants had completed the internet-based treatment. Visits to healthcare were further categorized based on the profession visited (gynecologist, midwife, physiotherapist, psychologist/counselor).Data on quality of life and pain acceptance were collected at three timepoints: baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (6 weeks after baseline assessment), and follow-up (9 months after post-treatment assessment). Health-related quality of life was assessed using the questionnaire EQ5-D-3L (EuroQoL 5-dimension, 3-level), which has good construct validity and consists of five questions or domains, mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression, each with three possible ratingsTo estimate costs related to provoked vulvodynia treatment, the operation managers at the gynecology clinics involved in the multicenter randomized study were invited to answer a questionnaire with questions regarding the average time spent per visit for each profession. To estimate the costs for each visit, data on the salary for each profession were retrieved from Statistics Sweden and calculated including social fee.Costs of the intervention were estimated by adding up the costs for eCoaches, cost for consultation with senior clinicians or researchers, and costs for IT support.Pain acceptance was assessed with the questionnaire CPAQ-R (