Motivations and Psychological Aspects of the Gametes' Donation (DonDon)

The main objective is to study donors' personality and motivations characteristics of the different recruitment methods and thus to answer questions related to the donation's approach, its representations as well as motivations and the profile of the donors.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Gametes Donors
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Interview and questionaires

Detailed Description

The methodology used is mixed with a quantitative and qualitative approach. The first one is a psychosocial approach with two groups: donors of gametes without children, and donors who have already procreated. Two questionnaires will be used in this survey. The first aims to study the donors' socio-personal characteristics and motivations. The latter studies donors' personality traits.

The second approach is qualitative by a clinical case study. It is a psycho-dynamic approach, taking into consideration the donor (men and women), with all their subjectivity, their personal and family history and their representations.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1002

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Paris, France, 75014
    • CECOS Paris Cochin
  • Paris, France, 75020
    • CECOS Paris Tenon
  • Alsace
    • Schiltigheim, Alsace, France, 67303
      • CECOS Alsace Strasbourg
  • Aquitaine
    • Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France, 33076
      • CECOS Aquitaine Bordeaux
  • Auvergne
    • Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France, 63003
      • CECOS Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand
  • Basse-Normandie
    • Caen, Basse-Normandie, France, 14033
      • CECOS Basse-Normandie Caen
  • Bretagne
    • Rennes, Bretagne, France, 35200
      • CECOS Bretagne Rennes
  • Centre
    • Tours, Centre, France, 37000
      • CECOS Centre Tours
  • Champagne-ardenne
    • Reims, Champagne-ardenne, France, 51092
      • CECOS Champagne-ardenne
  • Franche-Comté
    • Besancon, Franche-Comté, France, 25030
      • CECOS Franche-Comté
    • Dijon, Franche-Comté, France, 21000
      • CECOS Franche-Comté
  • Languedoc-Roussillon
    • Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 34295
      • CECOS Languedoc-Roussillon Montpellier
  • Lorraine
    • Nancy, Lorraine, France, 54042
      • CECOS Lorraine Nancy
  • Midi-Pyrénées
    • Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France, 31059
      • CECOS Midi-Pyrénées Toulouse
  • Nord
    • Lille, Nord, France, 59037
      • CECOS Nord Lille
  • Pays De La Loire
    • Nantes, Pays De La Loire, France, 44093
      • CECOS Pays de la Loire Nantes
  • Picardie
    • Amiens, Picardie, France, 80000
      • CECOS Picardie
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
    • Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, 13385
      • CECOS Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Marseille
    • Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, 06202
      • CECOS Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
  • Rhône-Alpes
    • Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France, 69677
      • CECOS Rhône-Alpes Lyon
  • Seine-Maritime
    • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, 76031
      • CECOS Rouen
  • Seine-Saint-Denis
    • Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, 93140
      • CECOS Paris Jean Verdier

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Volonteers are recruted in the different CECOS. These subjects (who have already procreated, or not) are going to donate sperm/egg.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Candidates for gametes donation
• Less than 45 years for men
• Less than 37 years for women
• Affiliation to social service

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under guardianship, or trusteeship

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Donors who procreated	Other: Interview and questionaires; Quantitative method : Two questionnaires will be used to define sociodemographic data, motivations and personality traits of donors.; Qualitative method : Clinical interviewing allows data collection adapted to study the motivations of sperm/egg donors, their representations, the experience and the inscription of the donation in their personal stories.
Donors who don't procreated	Other: Interview and questionaires; Quantitative method : Two questionnaires will be used to define sociodemographic data, motivations and personality traits of donors.; Qualitative method : Clinical interviewing allows data collection adapted to study the motivations of sperm/egg donors, their representations, the experience and the inscription of the donation in their personal stories.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assessment of motivations of candidates who have procreated and those who have not procreated.	Assessed by collecting questionnaire data and comparison between both groups of candidates.	1 hour

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assessment of the psychological profile of donors.	Profile comparison between candidates who have procreated and those who have not.	4 months
Assessment of the psychological profile of the donors and their motivations.	Links between their psychological profile and their motivations.	4 months
Assessment of the possibility of gametes preservation and donation motivations.	To understand links between the possibility of gametes preservation and donation motivations.	4 months
Assessment of the ethical aspects of donation.	Links between and the ethical aspects of donation and whether or not they have procreated.	4 months
Assessment of the ethical aspects of donation and personality questionnaires.	Links between the ethical aspects of donation and personality questionnaires.	4 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Louis Bujan, Pr, CECOS Hôpital Paule de Viguier

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Ahuja KK, Mostyn BJ, Simons EG. Egg sharing and egg donation: attitudes of British egg donors and recipients. Hum Reprod. 1997 Dec;12(12):2845-52. doi: 10.1093/humrep/12.12.2845.
• Cauvin P. [Motivations of oocytes donors]. Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2009 Nov-Dec;37(11-12):934-41. doi: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2009.09.003. Epub 2009 Oct 12. French.
• Pennings G. Mirror gametes donation. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2007 Dec;28(4):187-91. doi: 10.1080/01674820701656492.
• Sydsjo G, Lampic C, Brandstrom S, Gudmundsson J, Karlstrom PO, Solensten NG, Thurin-Kjellberg A, Svanberg AS. Personality characteristics in a Swedish national sample of identifiable oocyte donors. BJOG. 2011 Aug;118(9):1067-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.02953.x. Epub 2011 Apr 11.
• Sydsjo G, Lampic C, Brandstrom S, Gudmundsson J, Karlstrom PO, Solensten NG, Thurin-Kjellberg A, Skoog Svanberg A. Who becomes a sperm donor: personality characteristics in a national sample of identifiable donors. BJOG. 2012 Jan;119(1):33-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03172.x. Epub 2011 Oct 18.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 3, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 26, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): May 2, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 16, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 15, 2019
• Last Verified: July 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: donors; motivation; psychological; gametes
• Other Study ID Numbers: 13 6860 07

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No