Sexual Dysfunction Among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Adults-Clinical Trial (SexIA-CT)

University Hospital of Bordeaux

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Ulcerative Colitis; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Crohn Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: self-administered questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05230875

CHUBX 2021/16

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients participating in the therapeutic education program

Description:

Patients participating in an educational program on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) including a specific discussion on intimacy and sexuality .

Treatment:

Behavioral: self-administered questionnaire

Patients control (not participating in the therapeutic education program)

Description:

A control group (at the rate of two controls for one case) will be made up of IBD patients routinely followed in the gastroenterology department.Those patients will not participate in the therapeutic education program.