female sexual desire and arousal disorder lack of sexual desire
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention consists of the AAT (the computer task). During this task
erotic and neutral pictures are presented and based on the position of the
picture on the monitor the participant has to pu
Sponsors
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: between 18 and 45 years of age, presence of FSAD according to the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-5, duration of current relationship > 6 months, heterosexual orientation because of heterosexual stimuli
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: co-morbidity with other sexual disorders as dyspareunia and vaginismus, sexual disfunctions of the partner, use of medication which may influence the sexual respons, misuse of alcohol or drugs, severe psychopathology, pregnancy and/or breastfeeding, strong dissatisfcation with current relationship, severe psychosomatic problems/illness, insufficient command of the Dutch language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The AAT will consist of a few practice trials, a pre-assessment, the training and a post-assessment phase. The pre- and post-assessment are identical to each other regarding to the number of trials and stimuli. By comparing the phases one can evaluate the effect of the training. Subsequently, the participants will see 3 brief soft-erotic movies, with the instruction to rate them on their sexual arousing capacities. Participants can stop the movie themselves. The time of starting and stopping the movie will be registered. Differences between the conditions regarding to the lengths of watching the movie indicate that the training did have an effect. Also, participants will be asked to report their subjective sexual arousal after seeing the movies. Next, participants will be asked to rate the pictures which were used in the AAT on how sexual arousing and positive/negative they are. Thus, not only the automatic and unconscious, but also the controlled and conscious responses to the pictures will be measured. Finally, 24 hours later the participants will receive an e-mail with a short questionnaire to assess sexual activity to test whether the training affected their sexual activity during the 24 hours after training. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed