Motives for Desiring Children in Different Sexual-romantic Orientations

Family Characteristics Clinical Trial

Official title:

Motives for Desiring Children in Different Sexual-romantic Orientations: A Cross-sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05751239
• Other study ID #: BASEC 201800535
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 3, 2018
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this cross-sectional study is to compare the motives for the desire to have children in different sexual-romantic orientation. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• Do all orientations have the same motives for the desire to have children?

• What are the preferred methods for having a child for the different orientations

Participants will answer an online questionaire .

Researchers will compare the different orientations to see if there are differences.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 837
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All participants regardless of sex, gender or age

Exclusion Criteria:

• Incomplete questionnaire

• Under 18 years

• Caring for a child in a social, economic or educational way (self-report)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Family Characteristics
• Sexual Orientation

Intervention

Other:
• Questionaire
All participants answered an online questionaire. Out of the 837 participants 641 were included

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, lnselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern	Bern

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Possible difference in the motive to have a child between different orientations.	The questionnaire, that was answered at baseline, included statements that people rated. There were 5 statement each for each motive and 10 additional statements	At baseline in July/August 2018
Secondary	Preferred way to have a child of the different orientations	People with positive wish for child could choose from different possibilities their preferred method (assessed via questionnaire).	At baseline in July/August 2018