Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:49 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:49 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06562751
Brief Summary:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing and remitting disease that can greatly impact health and personal well-being. Sexual health, relationships and intimacy have been raised as key concerns for those living with the disease. Men's sexual health and well-being has been identified as a neglected area. This study will lead to the development of an intervention that will help nurses to improve the assessment and care of the sexual health and well-being needs of men with IBD.
Detailed Description:
This research aims to develop an intervention to help nurses improve the assessment and care of the sexual health needs of men with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). This is a long-term digestive condition that is often diagnosed between the ages of 15-30 years. Patients often have bloody diarrhoea, abdominal pain, incontinence, and fatigue.
When severe, the disease can lead to hospital admission and surgery. There is growing recognition that IBD can negatively affect sexual health and impact on patients' relationships and quality of life, but men's needs have been neglected in research. Men report that their sexual health is rarely discussed at National Health Service (NHS) IBD clinic appointments, and specialist information and support are lacking. In this study the investigators will work with men with IBD, the partners of men with IBD, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to develop a nursing intervention that addresses this unmet need through information, assessment, and support.
This study consists of three main parts which have been labelled workstreams. In Workstream One the investigators will identify how the sexual health of men with IBD is currently assessed and cared for in the NHS using three large scale surveys that will include; (1) NHS Trusts (2) Nurses (3) People with IBD.
In Workstream Two the investigators will gather ideas on appropriate ways to improve the healthcare of men with IBD by conducting interviews with men with IBD and partners of men with IBD. The investigators will also conduct focus groups with healthcare professionals to hear their ideas of how services can be improved.
In Workstream Three the investigators will hold a series of workshops with patients and healthcare professionals to develop an intervention and consider how and why it could help patients.
The design of the study has been developed with a patient advisory group and input from IBD health professionals.
Study:
NCT06562751
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06562751