Cell-phone Assisted Postpartum Counseling on the Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Family Planning
• Interventions: Device: Cell-phone

• Registration Number: NCT03135288
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

Unintended and closely spaced pregnancies are a major public health problem that affects not only the individuals directly involved but also the society indirectly. It increases the risks of infants with adverse outcomes such as preterm, low birth weight and small for gestational age. Pregnancy occurring within six months of the last delivery holds a 7.5-fold increased risk for induced abortion, a 3.3-fold increase in miscarriage and a 1.6-fold increased risk of stillbirth. But, use of contraceptive methods has been shown to reduce unwanted pregnancy, high fertility and maternal mortality rates.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-04-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-04-27
• Study First Posted: 2017-05-01
• Study Start: 2017-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-03-15
• Study Completion: 2019-04-15
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

• Women who deliver a live birth at greater than 28 week's gestation.
• Women desire birth spacing for more than one year
• Women who were holding and /or one of her family hold a cell-phone and accept to receive messages and phone calls to remind her with her contraceptive program

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Exclusion Criteria

• Women who refuse to participate in the study.
• Women aren't able to respond to the questionnaire due to their health status.
• Anticipation of difficulty of subsequent communication with the women
• Women with contraindications of using long acting reversible contraception ( contraindicated if intrauterine device or implant use)

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cell-phone assisted	Cell-phone	will be advised that they are going to receive a reminder of their postpartum family planning visit 5 weeks after the delivery (one week before the scheduled visit) and a phone call 48 hours before the scheduled visit. They will also receive two follow-up phone calls to answer any questions and to remind them with the follow-up visits after insertion. Woman will be given a referral card to the outpatients' family planning clinic denoting her study group and serial number and with a specific date for postpartum family planning visits. They will be also provided with a cell phone number working 7 days a week to answer any query or questions regarding her family planning program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Initiation of Long acting reversible contraception method	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Assiut Faculty of Medicine; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt