Peer Influence on Intrauterine Contraceptive Behavior and Attitudes in an Online Social Community
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 630
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Number of Participants Reporting IUC Use
研究概览
简要总结
This study will look at women's social communication about IUDs (intrauterine devices) and their attitudes and behavior related to IUD use. The researchers will design an online community where women can talk to each other about their experiences with birth control. We will examine whether social exposure to IUD users in this setting is associated with change in attitudes and behavior among women who have never had an IUD.
详细描述
Study Design:
University of Pennsylvania researchers will conduct a randomized controlled trial to examine whether there is an association between social exposure to women who use intrauterine contraception (IUC) as their method of birth control and change in IUC attitudes and behavior among women who have never used IUC. The intervention used to test this association will be an online social community, designed by the researchers, in which women will be invited to share their personal experiences with birth control methods they have used. Non-IUC user participants will be randomized to either the intervention or control conditions. The intervention condition will consist of small online social groups in which non-IUC user participants will interact with IUC user participants. The control condition will consist of online groups identical to intervention groups, except that no IUC user participants will be in these groups. Participants will interact within small groups for twelve days each. Non-IUC user participants will complete surveys before and after the twelve-day intervention that measure IUC attitudes and behavior. UCSF researchers will conduct analysis on deidentified data obtained from this study.
Hypothesis:
It is hypothesized that among women who have never used IUC, there is an association between social exposure to IUC users and change in attitudes and behavior related to IUC use. It is also hypothesized that exposure to IUC users is associated with positive change in knowledge of IUC use and efficacy and positive change in IUC-related information-seeking.
Aims:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Non-IUC users:
- •Age 18 - 45
- •Sexually active with men
- •Do not want to get pregnant in the next year
- •Want to learn more about different birth control methods
- •Age 18-45
- •Currently uses IUC (Paragard, Mirena, or Skyla)
排除标准
- •Non-IUC users
- •Previous IUC use
- •Not able to become pregnant
- •Using IUC for other reason, and not pregnancy prevention
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
IUC users and non-IUC user participants randomized to the intervention arm will take part in small intervention groups in an online community called Birth Control Connect for twelve days. There will be up to 35 intervention groups with 9 members each. Non-IUC users in these groups will receive the intervention of Interaction with users of IUC and non-IUC users in the context of the online community. About 50% of participants in intervention groups will be current IUC users, and 50% will not be current IUC users. We will measure the attitudes and behaviors of those who do not have IUC before and after the intervention, considering social exposure to IUC users as a possible predictor of changes in knowledge, attitude and behavior.
干预措施: Interaction with users of IUC and non-IUC users (Behavioral)
Control
Participants randomized to the control arm will take part in Birth Control Connect control groups identical to those in the intervention arm, except no participants in the control arm will be current IUC users. Therefore, participants in the control arm will have interaction with non-IUC users only. We will measure these participants' attitudes and behavior related to IUC use before and after the twelve-day study period, and compare results to those of participants in the intervention arm. There will be up to 35 control groups of 9 members each.
干预措施: Interaction with non-IUC users only (Behavioral)
IUC users
IUC users will be recruited to populate intervention groups. Interaction with IUC users will be the intervention for non-IUC users randomized to the intervention arm. IUC users will receive no intervention.
结局指标
主要结局
Number of Participants Reporting IUC Use
时间窗: 12 days post-baseline
Self-reported use of IUC in post-survey
次要结局
- Mean Change in Attitude About Hormonal IUC as Method for Self Between Pre-survey and Post-survey(12 days post-baseline)
- Mean Change in Attitude About Hormonal IUC as Method for Women in General Between Pre-survey and Post-survey(12 days post-baseline)
- Mean Change in Attitude About Non-hormonal IUC as Method for Self Between Pre-survey and Post-survey(12 days post-baseline)
- Mean Change in Attitude About Non-hormonal IUC as Method for Women in General Between Pre-survey and Post-survey(12 days post-baseline)
- Number of Participants With Responses Indicating Knowledge of IUC Safety(12 days post-baseline)
- Number of Participants With Responses Indicating Knowledge of IUC Effectiveness(12 days post-baseline)
- Number of Participants With Responses Indicating Knowledge of IUC Being More Effective Than Birth Control Pill(12 days post-baseline)
- Number of Participants Reporting Informational Support (Receiving New Information From Birth Control Connect)(12 days post-baseline)
- Number of Participants Reporting Informational Support (Better Idea of What IUC Would be Like)(12 days post-baseline)
- Number of Participants Reporting Information-seeking on Internet(12 days post-baseline)
- Number of Participants Reporting Information-seeking From a Health Care Provider(12 days post-baseline)
- Number of Participants Reporting Information-seeking From Peers(12 days post-baseline)
研究者
Christine Dehlendorf
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of California, San Francisco