Arab American Women's Health Study

Mental Health Wellness 1 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Arab American Women's Health Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03303326
• Other study ID #: 064917B3E
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• 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
• 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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Wellness 1

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