Effect of Cell-phone Assisted Postpartum Counseling on the Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,000
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Initiation of Long acting reversible contraception method
研究概览
简要总结
Unintended and closely spaced pregnancies are a major public health problem that affects not only the individuals directly involved but also the society indirectly. It increases the risks of infants with adverse outcomes such as preterm, low birth weight and small for gestational age. Pregnancy occurring within six months of the last delivery holds a 7.5-fold increased risk for induced abortion, a 3.3-fold increase in miscarriage and a 1.6-fold increased risk of stillbirth. But, use of contraceptive methods has been shown to reduce unwanted pregnancy, high fertility and maternal mortality rates.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Women who deliver a live birth at greater than 28 week's gestation.
- •Women desire birth spacing for more than one year
- •Women who were holding and /or one of her family hold a cell-phone and accept to receive messages and phone calls to remind her with her contraceptive program
排除标准
- •Women who refuse to participate in the study.
- •Women aren't able to respond to the questionnaire due to their health status.
- •Anticipation of difficulty of subsequent communication with the women
- •Women with contraindications of using long acting reversible contraception ( contraindicated if intrauterine device or implant use)
研究组 & 干预措施
control group
will receive the same above adequate counseling with referral card but without any phone assistance
Cell-phone assisted
will be advised that they are going to receive a reminder of their postpartum family planning visit 5 weeks after the delivery (one week before the scheduled visit) and a phone call 48 hours before the scheduled visit. They will also receive two follow-up phone calls to answer any questions and to remind them with the follow-up visits after insertion. Woman will be given a referral card to the outpatients' family planning clinic denoting her study group and serial number and with a specific date for postpartum family planning visits. They will be also provided with a cell phone number working 7 days a week to answer any query or questions regarding her family planning program.
干预措施: Cell-phone (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Initiation of Long acting reversible contraception method
时间窗: 6 months
次要结局
未报告次要终点