Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy on Women's Sexuality (VTOPSimpact)

University Hospital of Bordeaux

Status

Completed

Conditions

Abortion

Treatments

Other: questionnaire

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05688228

CHUBX 2022/71

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment

209 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

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.