Enhanced SexHealth Intervention to Improve Adolescent Outcomes: A Clinical Trial
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
- Enrollment
- 91
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants With Uptake of 1 or More Health Services
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is an adaptive trial with an initial Formative Revision Process followed by a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). Up to 500 adolescents will be consented into this study to achieve 6 completed subjects for the formative process and 86 completed subjects for the RCT.
Detailed Description
In a randomized controlled trial at a pediatric emergency department, sexually active adolescents will receive the control (i.e., printed materials) or intervention (i.e., motivationally-guided facilitation) arm delivered by a health educator. The tablet-based, interactive intervention includes motivational techniques to promote risk reduction, condom skills training, and tailored service recommendations. The primary outcome is uptake of ≥1 service at the index visit (i.e., counseling, condoms, emergency contraception for immediate or future use, pregnancy/sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV testing, STI treatment, and clinic referral). We assess feasibility (i.e., intervention completion, recommendations discussed, and satisfaction). Participants report sexual risk and care-seeking behaviors at 2, 4, and 6 months. We compare uptake between arms using Fisher exact tests.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Aged 14-19 years old
- •Reside within 30 minutes travel time
- •Report previous sexual activity
Exclusion Criteria
- •Subjects who are unable to provide consent (i.e., determined to be too ill by the ED team, have cognitive impairment due to chronic condition or acute medical concern)
- •Subjects in police custody
- •Subjects seeking care due to sexual assault or psychiatric emergency
- •Subjects who do not speak English
- •Subjects who are patients under the clinical care of a study investigator working in the ED
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants With Uptake of 1 or More Health Services
Time Frame: Index visit
Any 1 or more of the following services: Testing for pregnancy, gonorrhea/chlamydia, and/or HIV, hormonal birth control, condoms, emergency contraception (for immediate or future use), treatment for previously diagnosed (yet untreated) infection with gonorrhea/chlamydia, appointment for clinic referral.