NCT05688228

Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy on Women's Sexuality

Description of the Evolution of Women's Sexuality After a Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 209 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Abortion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	questionnaire	Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and self-administrative questionnaires on sexuality just after abortion and repeated at 1, 3 and 6 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-27
• Primary completion: 2024-02-10
• Completion: 2024-02-10
• First posted: 2023-01-18
• Last updated: 2024-05-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France