Sexual Timing in Couples Actively Trying to Conceive (SEXTACTIC)

Universidade do Porto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Conception

Treatments: Other: health educational video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02814006

FPCEUP/RH3

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will asses the effectiveness of two strategies for timed intercourse in couples actively trying to conceive

Enrollment: 244 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 24 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Note: age limits are for female age only

Inclusion Criteria:

• Childless couples trying to conceive
• Relationship length > one year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Couples that already had achieved a successful pregnancy
• Couples with children

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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244 participants in 3 patient groups

every other day

Experimental group

Description:

participants will visualize educational video with timed intercourse as recommended by NICE and ASRM

Treatment:

Other: health educational video

fertile window

Experimental group

Description:

participants will visualize educational video with timed intercourse as recommended by well-know evidence of better conception rates when using this strategy

Treatment:

Other: health educational video

CG

No Intervention group

Description:

participants will respond to questionnaire with no knowledge of intervention