Multiple Pelvic Floor Complaints Are Correlated with Sexual Abuse History

Twenty-three percent of the female patients in a pelvic floor center evaluated by a pelvic-floor clinician reported a history of sexual abuse. This is comparable with the percentage of sexual abuse observed in the population at large. In our sample, the patients with multiple pelvic floor complaints (micturition, defecation, and sexual function) related to pelvic floor dysfunction were more likely to have a history of sexual abuse than the patients with isolated complaints. Beck JJH, Elzevier HW, Pelger RCM, Putter H, and Voorham-van der Zalm PJ. Multiple pelvic floor complaints are correlated with sexual abuse history.