Sexual Timing in Couples Actively Trying to Conceive

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study will asses the effectiveness of two strategies for timed intercourse in couples actively trying to conceive

Official Title
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What is the Best Sexual Intercourse Strategy for Couples Actively Trying to Conceive?

Conditions
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Conception

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: health educational video


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Note: age limits are for female age only Inclusion Criteria: Childless couples trying to conceive Relationship length > one year Exclusion Criteria: Couples that already had achieved a successful pregnancy Couples with children

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 24 Years
Maximum Age: 40 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: every other day<br>participants will visualize educational video with timed intercourse as recommended by NICE and ASRM | Other: health educational video<br>* visualization of health educational video<br>|
| Experimental: fertile window<br>participants will visualize educational video with timed intercourse as recommended by well-know evidence of better conception rates when using this strategy | Other: health educational video<br>* visualization of health educational video<br>|
| No Intervention: CG<br>participants will respond to questionnaire with no knowledge of intervention | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in sexual functioning over the course of one year | Self-report measure (FSFI, Rosen et al., 2000; IIEF, Rosen et al., 1997) | T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later] | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in Depression over the course of one year | Self-report measure (HADS, & Snaith Zigmund, 1994) | T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later] | 
| Change in Anxiety over the course of one year | Self-report measure (HADS, & Snaith Zigmund, 1994) | T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later] | 
| Number of participants that attain an infertility diagnosis |  | T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later] | 
| Number of participants that achieve conception |  | T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later] | 
| Change in social support over the course of one year | Self-report measure (2WSS, Shakespeare-finch & Obst, 2011) | T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later] | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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marital relationship