NCT05696730

Holistic Wellbeing in COPD: Communication About Sexuality (COSY)

Holistic Wellbeing in COPD: The Communication About Sexuality (COSY) Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a communication intervention about sexuality on quality of life and other outcomes like physical activity, exercise capacity and health status in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Detailed description

Human sexuality is a universal part of living and associated with quality of life and mental and physical health benefits. Improved sexual relationships and sexual activity might also be an intrinsic motivator to stay physically active. However, problems with sexuality and loss of sexual drive are common in older and chronically ill people like persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In persons with COPD sexuality is rarely addressed during medical consultations and the topic is not sufficiently researched despite the fact that a thorough assessment of quality of life is incomplete without considering sexuality. Based on this background, the investigators developed an instrument that supports healthcare professionals to start and shape communication about sexuality: COSY. The COSY intervention consists of four tools (communication leaflet for health care professionals, application guidance, pictorial representation of the spectrum of intimacy for health care professionals, patient information booklet) and aims to sensitize persons with COPD with the topic sexuality. The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the COSY communication intervention on quality of life and other outcomes like physical activity, exercise capacity and health status in people with COPD.

Conditions

• Chronic Disease
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Respiratory Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Communication intervention about sexuality in people with COPD	COSY is a communication intervention which consists of one face to face counselling (75 min) and two 30-min telephone call counselling. Patients assigned to the intervention group will get the COSY communication intervention with a special focus on the positive impact of sexuality on wellbeing plus specific motivation for physical activity. Together with the patient, a personalized re-enforcement instrument, the COSY-Compass, is elaborated to set individual goals and motivation for physical activity over the whole intervention period (3 months). Participants will learn to understand the positive effect of regular physical activity on physical, mental, and cognitive wellbeing and a more fulfilling sex life as well as get inspiration about the spectrum and possible expressions and manifestations of caring and intimacy with oneself.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-21
• Primary completion: 2024-03-12
• Completion: 2024-03-12
• First posted: 2023-01-25
• Last updated: 2024-12-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland