Sexual Timing in Couples Actively Trying to Conceive

NCT02814006 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FPCEUP/RH3
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 244
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Conception

Keywords

marital relationship

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in sexual functioning over the course of one year

  Self-report measure (FSFI, Rosen et al., 2000; IIEF, Rosen et al., 1997)

  T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later]

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change in Depression over the course of one year

  T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later]

• Change in Anxiety over the course of one year

  T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later]

• Number of participants that attain an infertility diagnosis

  T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later]

• Number of participants that achieve conception

  T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later]

• Change in social support over the course of one year

  T0 - before the intervention; T1 - one month later; T2 - six months later; T3 - one year later]

Study Arms (3)

every other day

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Other: health educational video

fertile window

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Other: health educational video

CG

NO INTERVENTION

participants will respond to questionnaire with no knowledge of intervention

Interventions

health educational video OTHER

visualization of health educational video

every other day; fertile window

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 24 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade do Porto: lead
• Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational and Education Sciences

Porto, 4200-193, Portugal

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Martins MV, Fernandes J, Pedro J, Barros A, Xavier P, Schmidt L, Costa ME. Effects of trying to conceive using an every-other-day strategy versus fertile window monitoring on stress: a 12-month randomized controlled trial. Hum Reprod. 2022 Nov 24;37(12):2845-2855. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deac228.

  PMID: 36272105 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Mariana V Martins, PhD

  Universidade do Porto

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 17, 2016
• First Posted: June 27, 2016
• Study Start: October 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2020
• Study Completion: October 1, 2020
• Last Updated: January 11, 2021

Record last verified: 2020-03

Locations

PT (1)