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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03303326
Other study ID # 064917B3E
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date September 28, 2017
Est. completion date May 24, 2018

Study information

Verified date October 2018
Source Wayne State University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates how Arab American women's cultural values and sexual health are related to their physical and emotional health. The study will also examine whether engaging in a sexual health interview affects women's physical and emotional health.


Description:

Sexuality is an important aspect of health, in part because emotional conflicts over sexuality as well as unwanted sexual experiences can impact physical and psychological health; yet no studies have examined sexual health among Arab American women in the U.S. These women face the task of negotiating their heritage culture and the American culture in which they reside. This may result in bicultural identity conflict for some women as they try to negotiate these two identities, which may have implications for sexuality and sexual health due to the two cultures' disparate views on sexuality. Confidential discussion of these sensitive topics with a knowledgeable interviewer may yield beneficial effects.

The overall goal of the current study is to fill the gap in the literature on Arab American sexual health by examining how sexual health is related to physical and psychological health. This will be accomplished using both: a) correlational findings about sexual, physical, and psychological health from information gathered through self-report questionnaires and a 60-minute women's health interview; and b) an experimental test of the effects of the women's health interview on physical and psychological health. A sample of young adult Arab American women will be assessed at baseline via questionnaires for various constructs (sexual attitudes, cultural and religious identity, and physical and mental health), and then randomized to either an immediate or delayed health interview, with a 5-week follow-up reassessment.

It is hypothesized that lower sexual well-being, negative sexual self-schemas, and unwanted sexual experiences will correlate with more somatic and psychological health symptoms and lower satisfaction with life. It is also hypothesized that participants who have the immediate interview will report greater reduction in somatic and psychological symptoms and a greater willingness to discuss sexual health with medical providers compared to participants who are not interviewed (i.e., have a delayed interview after follow-up assessment).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 134
Est. completion date May 24, 2018
Est. primary completion date May 24, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years to 35 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Arab American or Chaldean

- Female

- Age 18-35

Exclusion Criteria:

- Non-English speaking

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Immediate interview
A women's health interview that obtains information about physical, mental, and sexual health, particularly relatively private sexual health-related attitudes and experiences, as well as conflicts and stress related to sexuality.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Wayne State University Detroit Michigan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Wayne State University Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Patient Health Questionnaire Physical symptoms Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
Secondary Brief Symptom Inventory Psychological symptoms Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
Secondary Satisfaction with Life Scale Satisfaction with life Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
Secondary Sexual Self-Schema Scale Sexual self-schemas Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
Secondary Sexual Self Disclosure Scale (Catania) Self-reported ease or difficulty with disclosing information about sexuality Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
Secondary Sexual Self Disclosure Scale (Herold & Way) Degree of past sexual disclosure Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
Secondary Female Sexual Function Index Female sexual function Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
Secondary Sexual Satisfaction Scale for Women Sexual satisfaction Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
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