Emergency Contraception - User's Profile

Completed

• Conditions: Postcoital Contraception

• Registration Number: NCT01771016
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Brief Summary

Retrospective analysis of requests of emergency hormonal contraception using pharmacy protocols registered in 2003 and 2006.

Detailed Description

In 2002, Levonorgestrel was introduced in Switzerland for emergency hormonal contraception (EC) without prescription ('pharmacist only'). In 2003, a first analysis of requests of EC showed that the dispensing of EC through pharmacies could successfully be implemented (Lemke et al 2004).

This study was repeated three years later with the aim to explore whether the user's profile has changed after introduction of a low threshold access to EC.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-01
• Primary Completion: 2008-12
• Study Completion: 2009-08
• Status Verified: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2013-01-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-01-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-01-15
• Study First Posted: 2013-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 2013-01-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 729

Inclusion Criteria

• women seaking emergency hormonal contraception

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sexual and protective behaviour	2 years	questions of interest: "Did you forget to take the pill?", "Did you have any other unprotected sexual intercourse since your last period?" and "Have you ever taken the "morning-after pill" before?"

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
elapsed hours since unprotected intercourse	1 month