Sexual Dysfunction Among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Adults-Clinical Trial

University Hospital, Bordeaux80 enrolled

Overview

Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) have higher rates of sexual dysfunction than the general population. We offer an educational program on IBD including a specific discussion on intimacy and sexuality for IBD patients. Our objective is to investigate the benefit of this intervention on sexual function in patients with IBD.

Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) have higher rates of sexual dysfunction than healthy controls. No interventional study has addressed this matter so far. The aim of our study is to investigative the benefit of a psycho-educational intervention on sexual function in patients with IBD, by comparing patients participating to an educational program including a specific discussion on intimacy and sexuality to patients followed in usual care.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Crohn Disease Ulcerative Colitis

Interventions

self-administered questionnaireBEHAVIORAL

All patients participating in the therapeutic education program will complete a self-administered questionnaire before participation in educational program. A new identical self-questionnaire will be distributed to patients 3 to 6 months after their participation in the therapeutic education program.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 18 years * Crohn's disease or Ulcerative Colitis diagnosed according to usual criteria * Participation to IBD educational program Exclusion Criteria: * Unability to read or write French * Patients without sexual activity for religious reasons

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux

Talence, France

RECRUITING