NCT03780751

Waitlist Controlled Comparison of Cognitive-behavioral vs. Mindfulness-based Online-treatments for Women With Low Sexual Desire

Randomized-controlled Comparison of Two Online-interventions: How Effective Are Cognitive-behavioral and Mindfulness-based Sexual Therapy in Improving Sexual Desire in Women With Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 266 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ruhr University of Bochum · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Problems with sexual function are common and distressing. The most frequent sexual difficulty in women is a lack of sexual desire with a prevalence of 20-30%. When low sexual desire is experienced over several months and causes significant personal distress, a sexual dysfunction can be diagnosed (ICD-10: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: HSDD). A distressing lack of desire is reported by 6% of sexually active women. Psychological interventions are the treatment of choice for women with HSDD. Promising treatment approaches include cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based interventions. A recent meta-analysis also showed that Internet-delivered programs are a valid alternative to face-to-face treatments. Aim of this project to assess the effectivity of two eight-week online-programs consisting of cognitive-behavioral (COPE) and mindfulness-based (MIND) interventions for women with HSDD. Both treatments will be compared to a waitlist-control group. For this project, two well-established group-treatment manuals will be translated into German and adapted to a multimedia online-environment. All participants will be guided through the programs by well-qualified eCoaches.

Conditions

• Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive-behavioral treatment	COPE-program of 8 sessions (+ 1 booster session) of guided Internet-based treatment including psychoeducation, sexual education, guided masturbation, sensate focus and cognitive-behavioral interventions (e.g., thought diaries, challenging of maladaptive thought patterns, behavioral analysis). Participants are encouraged to practice exercises between sessions.
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness-based treatment	MIND-program of 8 sessions (+ 1 booster session) of guided Internet-based treatment including psychoeducation, sexual education, guided masturbation, sensate focus and mindfulness-based exercises (e.g., breathing meditation, body scan, sitting meditation).

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-18
• Primary completion: 2022-09-16
• Completion: 2022-09-16
• First posted: 2018-12-19
• Last updated: 2023-03-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany