Impact of Time on Sexual Function (FSFI® Score) After Hysterectomy

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Conditions studied: Time Between Hysterectomy and Resumption of Sexual Relations, Sexual Function

In brief

In France, more than 62 000 hysterectomies are performed each year. Female sexual function is the result of multiple psychological, social and physiological factors. There is no information in the current literature about the optimum time between the surgery and the sexual relation resumption. The primary outcome is to assess the impact of advising time between hysterectomy and sexual relation resumption by using FSFI® score. Secondaries outcomes are: to describe and compare post-operative complications in the two groups of the study, to describe the follow-up of the recommendation concerning time between surgery and sexual relation resumption and to describe why this recommendation was not followed. This study is based on 4 questionnaires: FSFI® pre-operative and post-operative, pre-operative questionnaire and post-operative questionnaire. This is a monocentric, comparative, of superiority, randomised and prospective study. Patients are randomised into two groups: sexual relation resumption advised 4 weeks after surgery, or 8 weeks. The inclusion criteria are more than 18 years, francophone, in sexual activity, scheduled for a total hysterectomy for benign indication (menometrorrhagia, fibroma, adenomyosis, endometriosis, pelvic floor disorders, low-grade endometrial cancer), considering vaginal, laparoscopic and abdominal approach, and a written consent. Non-inclusion criteria are illiteracy, cognitive disorders, without social security, deprived liberty by judicial or administrative decision, psychiatric care, patient with legal protection, patient incapable of giving consent. If our conclusions confirmed our hypothesis, it can improve clinical practices by providing additional informations for surgeon and patient, to undergo this surgery as serenely as possible.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05728281

Run by

University Hospital, Angers

People needed

142

Starts

2023-06-05

Expected to finish

2027-10-05

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient ≥ 18 years old,
• Francophone,
• Sexually active,
• Receiving a conservative or non-conservative total hysterectomy for benign pathology*,
• Having signed a consent form. All surgical approaches are considered, laparoscopic approach with laparoscopic or vaginal closure, vaginal approach and laparotomy.
• The indications for the procedure selected for this study include:
• Menometrorrhagia,
• Fibroids,
• Adenomyosis,
• Endometriosis,
• Pelvic statics disorder,
• Cervical dysplasia,
• Endometrial cancer not requiring lymph node dissection or additional treatment.

Where it is running

• University Hospital of Angers — Angers, France (enrolling)

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