Usefulness of Home Pregnancy Testing

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fertility
• Interventions: Behavioral: Education for pregnancy planning

• Registration Number: NCT00390754
• Lead Sponsor: Michigan State University

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to determine whether women in a Medicaid population at risk for unintended pregnancy will keep a home pregnancy test on hand and (if necessary) use it appropriately.

Detailed Description

Once pregnancy is recognized, most women seek prompt prenatal care and try to stop risk behaviors. Unfortunately, women with unintended pregnancies do not recognize their pregnancies promptly, and inadvertently continue risk behaviors into the vulnerable early pregnancy weeks. Home pregnancy testing is a rapid and inexpensive means of pregnancy diagnosis. The objective of this study is to determine whether women in a Medicaid population at risk for unintended pregnancy will keep a home pregnancy test on hand and (if necessary) use it appropriately

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-10
• Study First Submitted: 2006-10-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-10-19
• Study First Posted: 2006-10-20
• Primary Completion: 2007-09
• Study Completion: 2007-09
• Status Verified: 2008-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-07-25
• Last Update Posted: 2008-07-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 198

Inclusion Criteria

• aged 18 to 34 year old female,
• sexually active,
• not pregnant,
• not desiring pregnancy,
• not surgically sterile,
• intercourse at least once in the past 6 months without using effective contraception (hormonal or barrier or male vasectomy)
• receiving Medicaid OR child on Medicaid OR Medicaid paid for prev. preg
• understands written/spoken English enough to give informed consent and respond to survey

Exclusion Criteria

• fails to meet inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pregnancy Test Group	Education for pregnancy planning	Group got free home pregnancy test kits

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of episodes of use of home pregnancy test kits	6 month followup

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge about use of home pregnancy test kits	6 months
Episodes of pregnancy suspicion	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Michigan State University; 🇺🇸 East Lansing, Michigan, United States