The Influence of Oral Contraceptives on Mood, Sexuality and Economic Behavior
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 400
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- mood
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators aim is to evaluate effects of combined oral contraceptives (OC) on mood, sexuality and economic behaviour in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. 400 healthy women will be randomized to OC or placebo for a period of three months. Before and at the end of treatment, mood and sexuality will be assessed by validated instruments. At the end of treatment, each woman will participate in behavioral experiments testing self-confidence, risk taking and altruism. The current project could fill the gap of ignorance about causal effects of OCs on mood, sexuality and behavior. The results might improve current practice as regards information about OCs, choice of hormonal contraceptive, regimen and duration of use. As a consequence, this could lead to reduced discontinuation rate, fewer unintended pregnancies and abortions. The project will contribute to an overall improvement in women's reproductive health.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
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
- •Healthy young women, aged 18-35 years, BMI 19-30
排除标准
- •Risk factors for thrombosis, smoking, obesity, hypertension, diabetes and estrogen/gestagen therapy the last three months
研究组 & 干预措施
Oral contraceptive
oral dose of ethinylestradiol 0.03 mg + levonorgestrel 0.15 mg per day during 11 weeks
干预措施: Oral contraceptive (Drug)
Placebo
Oral placebo capsule daily during 11 weeks
干预措施: Oral contraceptive (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
mood
时间窗: baseline to 11 weeks
Mood and health-related quality of life will be assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) test (Lightfoot and Oliver 1985) and the Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWB) (Dupuy 1984, Wiklund et al 1992).
economic behaviour
时间窗: 11 weeks
A modified dictator game will be used to measure altruistic behavior (Eckel and Grossman 1996). Each subject decides how to allocate money between herself and a charitable organisation. The size of the donation is our measure of altruism. Risk aversion is measured by a test where the subject makes several choices between a certain payoff and a 50/50 gamble to win a certain amount of money (Dohmen et al 2005). Competitiveness is defined as the extent to which women choose to compete in a task which involves solving as many simple mathematical exercises as possible during three minutes (Niederle and Vesterlund 2007).
sexual behaviour
时间窗: baseline to 11 weeks
Sexual function will be assessed by the validated instruments Sexual Activity Log (SAL) (Derogatis et al 2004), Profile of Female Sexual Function (PFSF) (McHorney et al 2004, Derogatis et al 2004) and Personal Distress Scale (PDS, past 30 days) (Derogatis et al 2004, Leiblum et al 2006). The women are answering the questionnaires, which are all computerized, at the Women´s Health Research Unit.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Angelica Lindén Hirschberg
Professor
Karolinska University Hospital