Contraceptive Choice at the Time of Uterine Evacuation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Contraception

• Registration Number: NCT02836561
• Lead Sponsor: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

Brief Summary

The goal of this project is to investigate whether a pre-visit telephone intervention could increase awareness of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) availability at the time of uterine evacuation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-06-17
• Study Start: 2016-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-14
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-19
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Primary Completion: 2017-04
• Study Completion: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 234

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 or older
• Scheduled for uterine evacuation
• Speaks English proficiently in order to understand the telephone conversation and the survey questions.

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous participation in this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge that LARC can start at uterine evacuation: Percentage of women who report that LARC methods are available to start at the time of uterine evacuation, as assessed on a questionnaire created for this study	Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to the information session	Percentage of women who know that the implant and IUD are available to start at the time of uterine evacuation, as assessed on a questionnaire created for this study. Compared between those who receive the pre-visit information (intervention group) and those who do not receive this information (control group)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Uptake of LARC at time of uterine evacuation: Percentage of women who receive a LARC method at the time of uterine evacuation, as documented within the electronic medical record	Day 1: Data abstraction to be performed after the subject's day 1 visit complete	Percentage of women who receive an implant or an IUD at the time of uterine evacuation, compared between those who received pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
Intervention utility: Percentage of women who report that receiving information about contraception before their appointment was either very useful or somewhat useful, as assessed on a 4-point scale on a questionnaire created for this study	Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to information session	Percentage of women who who report that receiving information about contraception before their appointment was either very useful or somewhat useful, as assessed on a 4-point scale on a questionnaire created for this study. Compared between those who received pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
General LARC knowledge: Percentage of women with a high score (cutpoint to be determined) on a 10-question LARC knowledge scale developed for this study	Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to information session	Percentage of women with a high score (cutpoint to be determined) on a 10-question LARC knowledge scale developed for this study. Compared between those who received the pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
Intent to use LARC: Percentage of women who report a LARC method as their preferred method of birth control, as assessed on a questionnaire created for this study	Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to information session	Percentage of women who report a LARC method as their preferred method of birth control, as assessed on a questionnaire created for this study. Compared between those who received the pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
LARC stage of change: Percentage of women who report being somewhat or very interested in starting a LARC method, as assessed on a 4-point scale on a questionnaire created for this study	Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to information session	Percentage of women who report being somewhat or very interested in starting an implant or IUD, as assessed on a 4-point scale on a questionnaire created for this study. Compared between those who received pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States