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NCT Number: NCT03135288

Cell-phone Assisted Postpartum Counseling on the Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Family Planning

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Assiut Faculty of Medicine

Asyut, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 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

Exclusion criteria

  • 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)

Treatment and study plan

Cell-phone

Device

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Initiation of Long acting reversible contraception method

    Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assiut University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Cell-phone Assisted Postpartum Counseling on the Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
May 1, 2017
Registry last updated
Jul 19, 2019

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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