Sexual behavior and substance use: the effect of alcohol and drug use on sexual behavior in an alcohol and drug-dependent sample

Completed

Conditions: verslaving
addiction
substance abuse

Registration Number: NL-OMON42325

Lead Sponsor: Verslavingszorg Noord-Nederland (Eelde)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 234

Inclusion Criteria

- substance dependence or substance abuse (alcohol, cannabis, opiates (heroin/methadone), cocaine, amphetamine, GHB)
- age: 23 years and above
- abstinent at the time of completing the questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria

more than six months of abstinence of primary substance of abuse
use of a substance within another category than the primary substance of abuse (for example using an upper when a downer is the primary substance of abuse and vice versa)
psychotic episode in the last month
suicidal in the last month
limited knowledge of the Dutch language
behavioural addiction (gambling, gaming, sex)

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary study outcome is the subjective participated difference in sexual<br /><br>functioning under inflcuence of a substance. Sexual functioning is<br /><br>operationalized as all forms of sexual experiences including sexual feelings,<br /><br>sexual fantasies, sexual arousal, sexual pleasure, sexual acts and sexual<br /><br>performances.<br /><br><br /><br>To answer question number 6 (see study protocol) the primary outcome measure is<br /><br>the nature and content of sexual behavior over the last 6 months. Sexual<br /><br>behavior is operationalized as sexual experience (experience with having sex),<br /><br>number of sexual partners, sexual frequency, sexual experience with same sex,<br /><br>masturbation, use of porn, sex on and via Internet, review current sexual<br /><br>functioning, sexual motivation and sexual satisfaction.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>A secundary outcome of the study is a positive or negative change in sexual<br /><br>behavior. This will be measured by asking questions about a positive or<br /><br>negative change in sexual behavior under the influence of the primary substance<br /><br>of abuse.<br /><br>Other secundary outcomes are the difference in sexual behavior between the<br /><br>different substances, dependent on the severity of the addiction and the<br /><br>difference in sexual behavior between men and women, between the addictive<br /><br>population and a general population (by comparing the results of this study<br /><br>with the results of the study by de Graag (2012), and between different<br /><br>categories of age. </p><br>