Arab American Women's Health Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 134
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Patient Health Questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Arab American or Chaldean
- •Age 18-35
排除标准
- •Non-English speaking
研究组 & 干预措施
Immediate Interview
A 60-minute interview about women's health conducted immediately after baseline questionnaires.
干预措施: Immediate interview (Behavioral)
Delayed Interview
The interview is conducted after the follow-up questionnaires are completed, rather than after baseline.
结局指标
主要结局
Patient Health Questionnaire
时间窗: Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up
Physical symptoms
次要结局
- Sexual Self-Schema Scale(Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up)
- Sexual Self Disclosure Scale (Catania)(Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up)
- Sexual Self Disclosure Scale (Herold & Way)(Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up)
- Brief Symptom Inventory(Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up)
- Satisfaction with Life Scale(Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up)
- Female Sexual Function Index(Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up)
- Sexual Satisfaction Scale for Women(Change from baseline to 5-week follow-up)
研究者
Mark A. Lumley
Distinguished Professor
Wayne State University