Physician Self Disclosure of IUC Use

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Contraception
• Interventions: Behavioral: Usual contraceptive counseling; Behavioral: Physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use

• Registration Number: NCT01994356
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

As many as one-third of female healthcare providers use intrauterine contraception (IUC), but only about 8 percent of US women overall do. This begs the question: Might physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use increase IUC use among patients? However, the positive or negative impact of physician self disclosure on IUC uptake or patient satisfaction is generally unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use increases patient use of IUC or impacts patients' satisfaction with their clinical encounter.

Detailed Description

We performed a prospective randomized block design pilot trail of usual contraceptive counseling versus usual counseling plus physician self-disclosure of personal intrauterine contraceptive use.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Primary Completion: 2013-02
• Study Completion: 2013-02
• Status Verified: 2013-11
• Study First Submitted: 2013-11-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-11-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-11-19
• Study First Posted: 2013-11-25
• Last Update Posted: 2013-11-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 132

Inclusion Criteria

• reproductive age
• currently sexually active
• scheduled for benign gynecology visit, annual exam, or family planning visit

Read More

Exclusion Criteria

• seeking pregnancy within 1 year
• currently using IUC
• prior sterilization procedure
• currently pregnant

Read More

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual contraceptive counseling	Usual contraceptive counseling	subjects received usual contraceptive counseling
Physician self-disclosure of IUC use	Physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use	subjects received usual contraceptive counseling plus intervention which was Physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use during the counseling

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intrauterine contraceptive use	immediately following clinical encounter and at 2 months	All subjects were surveyed to determine use of intrauterine contraceptive immediately after their clinical visit where contraceptive counseling was received and at 2 months after their clinical encounter to assess intrauterine contraceptive use.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction with clinical encounter	immediately following clinical encounter and at 2 months	All subjects were surveyed to determine their with satisfaction with their overall clinical encounter immediately following their clinical encounter at at 2 months. Satisfaction was measured using a 5 point scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States