Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy on Women's Sexuality

University Hospital, Bordeaux209 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

209

Conditions

Abortion

Interventions

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

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient (≥ 18 years) * Patient performing a medical or surgical abortion * Patient with health insurance * No opposition to participation in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Patient who does not speak French and/or is illiterate * Patient under legal protection * Patient unable to complete the study procedures (no internet connection, no smart phone or tablet) * Patient with diagnosed psychiatric comorbidities.

Locations (1)

CHU Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of patients with sexual dysfunction

Sexual dysfunction is assessed using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire, which takes into account several aspects of female sexuality: desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain. The threshold for differentiating between patients with and without sexual dysfunction is 26.55

Time frame: Month 6

Secondary Outcomes

Marital status

single, couple, married

Time frame: Baseline

Number of sexual partners in the last 12 months

Number of sexual partners via self-questionnaire : 1 ; from 2 to 5 ; from 6 to 10 ; from 11 to 15 ; from 16 to 20 ; up to 20

Time frame: Baseline

Number of sexual partners in the whole life

Number of sexual partners via self-questionnaire : 1 ; from 2 to 5 ; from 6 to 10 ; from 11 to 15 ; from 16 to 20 ; up to 20

Time frame: Baseline

Number of sexual partners in the last 4 weeks

Number of sexual partners via self-questionnaire : 0, 1, from 2 to 5, up to 5

Time frame: Baseline

Frequency of sexual activity in the last month before pregnancy discovery

\< 1 /month ; from 1 from 3 /month ; 1 /week ; twice /week ; 3 or more times /week

Time frame: Baseline, Month 1, Month 3, Month 6

Existence of physical violence in the whole life

binary variable (yes/no)

Time frame: Baseline

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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