Mobile Technology for Improved Family Planning

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post-abortion Family Planning; mHealth; Contraception

• Registration Number: NCT01823861
• Lead Sponsor: Marie Stopes International

Brief Summary

An individual randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of a voice-based mobile phone health (mHealth) intervention to support post-abortion family planning (PAFP) at four Marie Stopes International clinics in Cambodia.

The study seeks to address the research question: does a PAFP mHealth intervention increase use of contraception in Cambodia? STUDY RESULTS: http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/en/

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-03-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-03-30
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-04
• Study Start: 2013-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Results First Submitted: 2020-03-02
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-03-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-02
• Results First Posted: 2020-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• Client attending for abortion
• Client does not want to have a child at the current time
• Client aged 18 or over
• Client owns a mobile phone
• Client willing to receive simple voice messages relating to contraception from Marie Stopes in Khmer language

Exclusion Criteria

• Not meeting inclusion criteria
• Declined to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Use of a Effective Contraceptive Method at Four-months Post-abortion	4 months	Self-reported use of pill, coil, implant or injection for all participants. Objective measurement of contraceptive use for participants from one clinic.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Contraceptive Discontinuation	4 months
Repeat Abortion	4 months
Pregnancy	4 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marie Stopes International; 🇰🇭 Phnom Penh, Cambodia