Internet-based Emotion Regulation Intervention for Sexual Health (SHER2)

University of Luxembourg

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sexual Dysfunction; Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotion regulation skills training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04792177

SHER 20-029

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction: Emotion regulation difficulties have been associated with mental disorders and sexual dysfunctions. Traditional face-to-face transdiagnostic emotion regulation interventions have shown positive results for emotional and personality disorders. Only recently have the effects of these interventions on sexual health started to be investigated. Internet-delivered psychological interventions have several advantages over face-to-face interventions, such as cost-effectiveness, accessibility and suitability for people who experience shame because of their stigmatized problematic behaviors and those who avoid seeking help. The aims of the SHER 2 study are: a) determine the efficacy of an Internet-based emotion regulation intervention for sexual health and sexual satisfaction, and; b) explore the effects of the intervention on (1) emotion regulation skills; (2) mental health; (3) sexual self-perception.

Enrollment: 62 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• between 18 and 65 years of age,
• fluent in Brazilian Portuguese,
• self-reported sexual problems, assessed in men by a score of < 21 on the International Index Erectile Function (IIEF) and in women by a score of < 26 on the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI),
• in a stable relationship for at least the preceding 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• medical conditions that can interfere with the outcomes of the intervention, e.g., diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular problems,
• ongoing psychotherapy.
• no sexual activity in the previous 4 weeks.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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62 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Emotion regulation skills training group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotion regulation skills training

waitlist control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not receive any intervention during the trial but will be offered the same treatment at the end of the six-months follow-up assessment.