NCT01188720

Sexual Health on Antidepressants Through Physical Exercise

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Preliminary findings from a trial in the investigators laboratory suggest that acute exercise may ameliorate deficits in sexual arousal associated with use of antidepressants. The goal of this project is to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of an exercise-based intervention for these side effects in a community-based sample. The investigators hypothesize that general exercise will help improve sexual functioning in women taking antidepressants, and that exercise immediately before sexual activity - that is, acute exercise - will have an additional beneficial effect above and beyond that of general exercise.

Conditions

• Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
• Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physical activity	30 minutes of moderate to intense physical activity including strength training and cardiovascular activity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2010-08-25
• Last updated: 2015-05-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States