Contraceptive Counseling Following an Abortion

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post Abortion Care
• Interventions: Behavioral: Personalized contraceptive counseling

• Registration Number: NCT00756314
• Lead Sponsor: Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether contraceptive counseling is effective on acceptance and use of methods in women following an abortion.

Detailed Description

Contraceptive counseling is considered an essential component of post abortion care (PAC) programmes and it is recommended to prevent unintended pregnancies and unsafe, repeated abortions. Indeed, most maternal deaths related to unsafe abortions could be prevented by expanding and improving family planning provision.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-07
• Study First Submitted: 2008-09-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-09-19
• Study First Posted: 2008-09-22
• Primary Completion: 2009-09
• Study Completion: 2009-09
• Status Verified: 2010-03
• Results First Submitted: 2010-09-09
• Results First Submitted QC: 2010-09-09
• Results First Posted: 2010-09-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-10-06
• Last Update Posted: 2010-10-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 246

Inclusion Criteria

• Within the first 10 days (plus or minus 5 days) after an abortion
• Live in Recife or whereabouts in Recife(Brazil)

Exclusion Criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
• Women HIV positive
• Psychiatric pathology

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Personalized contraceptive counseling	All 123 women allocated to control group received a standard care available at IMIP.Standard care is comprised of educational group counseling by specialized nursing staff in family planning discussing about contraceptive methods and side effects
Personalized contraceptive counseling	Personalized contraceptive counseling	All 123 allocated women for the intervention group received personalized counseling (face-to-face) and the contraceptive method chosen for free by a specialized trained doctor in family planning.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Correct Use of the Method	within the first 6 months after intervention	the correct use was considerer by each methods according the prescription.
Contraceptive Acceptability and Use of Contraceptives During the 6-month Follow-up	after the contraceptive counseling and during the 6-month follow	The acceptability and the use of contraceptives during the follow-up period was defined as just "yes" or "no"
Chosen Contraceptive Method After Counseling	after the contraceptive counseling	the type of contraceptive methods chosen by women following after counseling

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction With the Used Contraceptive Method	During the 6-month Follow-up	the satisfaction was measured according a scale ranging in 3 levels: very satisfied, somewhat satisfied and dissastisfied.
Pregnancies Among All Women	within the first six months after intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

IMIP - Instituto Materno Infantil Prof Fernando Figueira; 🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil