Clinical trial NCT06933888: Assessment of Nutritional Knowledge, Habits, and Eating Behavior in Athletic Women to Evaluate the Possible Impact on Their Menstrual Function
Official title: Assessment of Nutritional Knowledge, Habits, and Eating Behavior in Athletic Women to Evaluate the Possible Impact on Their Menstrual Function
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, Functional
Keywords: Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Eating disorders
Lead sponsor: Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-18
Enrollment: 102
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 16
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Young athletic women referred for menstrual dysfunction of non-organic causes

Brief summary: The present study aims to investigate the degree of knowledge about nutrition and dietary habits in athletic women through validated questionnaires and to evaluate a possible impact on their menstrual function, including women with a diagnosis of functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) and women who present with a different menstrual dysfunction (oligomenorrhea or polymenorrhea in absence of organic causes).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Female sex
* Age 16-30 years
* Physical activity \> 2 days per week
* Informed consent from the patient and/or an authorized legal representative

Exclusion Criteria:

* Menstrual disorders of organic cause (ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, polyps, etc.)
* Concomitant non-reproductive organic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, etc.)
* Use of psychopharmacological therapies
* Language barrier

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assess nutritional knowledge in athletic women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Evaluation of nutritional knowledge in athletic women with menstrual dysfunctions of different nature, comparing women with FHA to those with oligomenorrhea/polymentorrhea in the absence of organic diseases.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Assessment of eating habits in in athletic women with menstrual dysfunctions of different nature, comparing women with FHA to those with oligomenorrhea/polymentorrhea in the absence of organic diseases
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Evaluation of eating behavior in athletic women with menstrual dysfunctions of different nature, comparing women with FHA to those with oligomenorrhea/polymentorrhea in the absence of organic diseases.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Evaluation of eating behavior in athletic women with menstrual dysfunctions of different nature, comparing women with FHA to those with oligomenorrhea/polymentorrhea in the absence of organic diseases.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Evaluation of eating behavior in athletic women with menstrual dysfunctions of different nature, comparing women with FHA to those with oligomenorrhea/polymentorrhea in the absence of organic diseases.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Evaluation of eating behavior in athletic women with menstrual dysfunctions of different nature, comparing women with FHA to those with oligomenorrhea/polymentorrhea in the absence of organic diseases.
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Pavia
country: Italy
facility: Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, SSD Ostetricia e Ginecologia 2 - Riproduzione e Procreazione Medicalmente Assistita
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