Effects of a Comprehensive Sexual Rehabilitation Programme in Heart Patients

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

154 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-02-28

Study Completion Date

2017-01-31

Brief Summary

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The objective is to investigate the effect of a comprehensive sexual rehabilitation program, consisting of a psycho-educative component and a physical exercise component.

The primary hypothesis is that, a comprehensive sexual rehabilitation program improves sexual function.

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Detailed Description

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Sexual function is an important aspect of quality of life. There is a link between heart disease and sexual dysfunction. Heart disease lowers the activity or the ability to perform the sexual activity. Sexual problems have a negative impact on quality of life and well-being, and sexual dysfunction is associated with anxiety and depression. The causes of sexual dysfunction are physical changes (the disease), mental changes and adverse reactions from medication. Despite the fact, that several international guidelines recommend that health professionals address sexual function in patients with heart disease, this is rarely done in practice. In Denmark there is no consensus or practice on how or where patients with heart disease and sexual dysfunction should be treated. Some patients are treated with phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors and a few referred to sexological clinics. Non-pharmacological rehabilitation interventions such as physical exercise, pelvic floor exercise, and sexual therapy have shown potential beneficial effect on sexual function. However, the effects have not been tested sufficiently, have not been tested in combination, and have never been tested in a Danish population.

Objective: The objective of this trial is to investigate the effect of a comprehensive sexual rehabilitation intervention program, consisting of a psycho-educative component and an exercise-training component plus treatment as usual versus treatment as usual in male patients with impaired sexual function and implantable cardioverter defibrillator or ischemic heart disease.

Design: CopenHeartSF is an investigator-initiated randomised clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment, including two university hospitals, with 1:1 central randomisation to sexual rehabilitation plus usual care versus usual care alone.

Conditions

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Ischaemic Heart Disease Cardiac Arrhythmia Sexual Dysfunction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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sexual rehabilitation

exercise plus psycho-education

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

sexual rehabilitation

Intervention Type OTHER

exercise plus psycho-education

usual care

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

usual care

Interventions

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sexual rehabilitation

exercise plus psycho-education

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care

usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male patients above 18 years with sexual dysfunction associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillator or with ischemic heart disease verified by coronary angiography, which have a partner, speaks and understands Danish and provides a written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients at intermediate or high risk according to their cardiovascular status according to guidelines, with diseases in the urinary tract, who exercise intense more than 3 hours a week, patients with neurological or orthopedic deficits which prevent training, patients with cognitive deficits which prevents interviews, and patients who are included in ongoing research prohibiting additional research participation are excluded.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No