Clinical trial NCT05688228: Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy on Women's Sexuality
Official title: Description of the Evolution of Women's Sexuality After a Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Abortion
Keywords: Abortion
Female sexuality
FSFI
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-01-18
Enrollment: 209
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Women performing a medical or surgical abortion

Brief summary: The impact on sexuality has been less studied and there is no French study on this subject and the rare studies are contradictory.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of abortion (medical or surgical) on female sexuality, to look for a difference in the impact on sexuality according to the method used for the termination (medical or surgical) just after the procedure and at 1, 3 and 6 months and to look for risk factors and protective factors for the existence or occurrence of sexual dysfunction before and after abortion.

Detailed description: The medical consequences of abortion are low. However, there is an undeniable emotional and psychological impact on these women (40-45% of anxiety-type symptoms, approximately 20% of depressive symptoms after the discovery of the pregnancy and 30% of emotional disorders, particularly anxiety, in the month following the abortion).

The impact on sexuality has been less studied and there is no French study on this subject and the rare studies are contradictory.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of voluntary termination of pregnancy (medical or surgical) on female sexuality, to look for a difference in the impact on sexuality according to the method used for the termination (medical or surgical) just after the procedure and at 1, 3 and 6 months and to look for risk factors and protective factors for the existence or occurrence of sexual dysfunction before and after a termination.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult patient (≥ 18 years)
* Patient performing a medical or surgical abortion
* Patient with health insurance
* No opposition to participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient who does not speak French and/or is illiterate
* Patient under legal protection
* Patient unable to complete the study procedures (no internet connection, no smart phone or tablet)
* Patient with diagnosed psychiatric comorbidities.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of patients with sexual dysfunction
timeFrame: Month 6
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Marital status
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Number of sexual partners in the last 12 months
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Number of sexual partners in the whole life
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Number of sexual partners in the last 4 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Frequency of sexual activity in the last month before pregnancy discovery
timeFrame: Baseline, Month 1, Month 3, Month 6
measure: Existence of physical violence in the whole life
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Existence of psychological violence in the whole life
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Existence of sexual violence in the whole life
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Existence of psychological symptoms before pregnancy's discovery
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Existence of psychological symptoms in the last month
timeFrame: Month 1, Month 3, Month 6
measure: Existence of sexual difficulties since pregnancy's discovery
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Sexual activity the last month
timeFrame: Month 1, Month 3, Month 6
measure: Contraception in the last month
timeFrame: Month 1, Month 3, Month 6
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bordeaux
country: France
facility: CHU Bordeaux
Study officials:
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