Study	Reason for exclusion
Crowe 1981	Randomised controlled trial Patients with mixed sexual dysfunctions which do not allow for separate analysis of women with vaginismus
Duddle 1977	Controlled study Comparison of patients with vaginismus and healthy controls
Fuchs 1973	Comparison study of 2 case series
Hartman 1980	Controlled clinical trial Patients with mixed sexual dysfunctions which do not allow for separate analysis of women with vaginismus
Hartman 1983	Randomised controlled trial Patients with mixed sexual dysfunctions which do not allow for separate analysis of women with vaginismus
Huws 1992	Randomised controlled trial Marital and sex therapy clinic Patients with mixed dysfunctions
Jeng 2006	Uncontrolled study
Kennedy 1995	Uncontrolled study
Lew Starowicz 1982	Controlled trial Participants allocated on basis of scores on neurosis scale
LoPiccolo 1985	Randomised controlled trial Patients attending a sex therapy clinic Patients with mixed sexual dysfunctions which do not allow for separate analysis of women with vaginismus
Mathews 1976	Randomised controlled trial Patients presenting for treatment of a sexual dysfunction Patients with mixed sexual dysfunctions which do not allow for separate analysis of women with vaginismus
Mathews 1983	Randomised controlled trial Sex therapy clinic Patients with female sexual unresponsiveness not vaginismus
O'Gorman 1978	Randomised controlled trial No clinical diagnosis of vaginismus
Obler 1973	Controlled clinical trial Patients with mixed sexual dysfunctions which do not allow for separate analysis of women with vaginismus
Seo 2005	Uncontrolled study
Shafik 2000	Comparative study Control group were a convenience sample
van der Velde 1999	Comparative study Patients with vaginismus and healthy controls No treatment
Van Lankveld 2001	Randomised controlled trial Patients with any sexual dysfunction but not stratified by diagnosis so not possible to do a separate analysis of women with vaginismus
Wincze 1976	Randomised controlled trial No clinical diagnosis of vaginismus