VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE SEX PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE
Key facts
- Where
- Kütahya, TürkiyeSee the site
Where in Türkiye
- Kütahya Health Sciences UniversityKütahya, TürkiyeNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- Kutahya Health Sciences University
- Trial code
- NCT07536672
- Record updated
- 17 April 2026
- Original description
Although there are many questionnaires used in the literature regarding sexual function and satisfaction, these questionnaires evaluate sexual problems regardless of the chronic pain condition and have not been validated for chronic pain. It has been reported that developing a standard or consensus-determined measure to evaluate sexual health in musculoskeletal pain would be advantageous for clinical practice and research. For this purpose, the only study we encountered in the literature is the Sexual Functionality in Chronic Primary Pain Conditions: Sex Pain Questionnaire developed by Rafael Ballester-Arnal in 2022. The questionnaire, consisting of 17 items, comprises two factors: "Sexual and relationship dissatisfaction" and "The effect of chronic pain on sexual life" and has good psychometric properties (Internal consistency indices of 0.72 and 0.96). This study was planned to establish the Turkish validity and reliability of the Sexual Functionality in Chronic Primary Pain Conditions: Sex Pain Questionnaire, which was developed to identify sexual function problems that are impaired due to physical pain in patients with chronic pain, and to contribute it to the literature.Read full original descriptionShow less
SEXUAL FUNCTIONALITY IN CHRONIC PRIMARY PAIN CONDITIONS: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE SEX PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE
Although there are many questionnaires used in the literature regarding sexual function and satisfaction, these questionnaires evaluate sexual problems regardless of the chronic pain condition and have not been validated for chronic pain. It has been reported that developing a standard or consensus-determined measure to evaluate sexual health in musculoskeletal pain would be advantageous for clinical practice and research. For this purpose, the only study we encountered in the literature is the Sexual Functionality in Chronic Primary Pain Conditions: Sex Pain Questionnaire developed by Rafael Ballester-Arnal in 2022. The questionnaire, consisting of 17 items, comprises two factors: "Sexual and relationship dissatisfaction" and "The effect of chronic pain on sexual life" and has good psychometric properties (Internal consistency indices of 0.72 and 0.96). This study was planned to establish the Turkish validity and reliability of the Sexual Functionality in Chronic Primary Pain Conditions: Sex Pain Questionnaire, which was developed to identify sexual function problems that are impaired due to physical pain in patients with chronic pain, and to contribute it to the literature.
Inclusion: patient with primary chronic pain (such as non-specific lower back/neck pain, fibromyalgia); pain lasting longer than 3 months (as classified by IASP in 2019),; who has been in a regular and stable heterosexual relationship for the past year.
Exclusion: have post-surgical and post-traumatic pain; have serious and secondary musculoskeletal diseases; with severe cognitive impairment; who have not had a regular and stable heterosexual relationship for the last year; have underlying pathological causes such as chronic neuropathic pain, visceral pain; who have difficulty understanding and completing the items in the questionnaire will be excluded from the study.