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Sexual Intercourse on Spontaneous Onset of Labor

NCT06850467 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 224

Last updated 2025-02-27

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Summary

Women included in our study were recruited for a randomized trial on the effect of sexual intercourse to promote the onset of spontaneous labor. For this analysis, our sample was divided into two groups by randomization. The first group (experimental) followed the protocol (sexual intercourse 1 day out of 2 alternating with nipple stimulation alone for 15 minutes three times a day) for 2 weeks. In the control group, sexual relations were neither encouraged nor discouraged. Spontaneous labor prior to the date of scheduled labor induction was the primary outcome. We consider that the result is statistically significant differences when P \< 0.05.

Conditions

  • Sexual Intercourse
  • Spontaneous Labor

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sexual intercourse protocol

The study involved pregnant women who were randomly assigned to 2 groups. The protocol involved engaging in sexual intercourse and nipple stimulation 3 times per day for two consecutive weeks with the consecutive days of sexual intercourse and days of nipple stimulation being different. Patients documented their coital activities as well as the frequency of orgasms in their daily journal. There were no prohibitions regarding or promotions of sexual activities for the control group. The main outcome was the onset of labor, which was defined as the presence of effective uterine contraction with changes of the cervix (Bishop score \> 5) without using the induction treatments during protocol time or until 41 weeks of pregnancy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Faculty of Medicine of Tunis

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-24
Primary Completion
2022-09-24
Completion
2023-02-24

Countries

  • Tunisia

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