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NCT Number: NCT03027531

eKISS: Electronic KIOSK Intervention for Safer-Sex

This study is a randomized controlled trial to test acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an interactive computer-based intervention with individualized feedback to promote sexual health in adolescents and young adults with assessment of behavioral and biomarker outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Reproductive Behavior Behavior Communicable Diseases Contraception Disease Attributes Genital Diseases Infections Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Sexually Transmitted Diseases Urogenital Diseases

Age range

14 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

This study is a randomized controlled trial to test acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an interactive computer-based intervention (ICBI) with individualized feedback to promote sexual health in adolescents and young adults. The intervention uses physician avatars and uses elements of motivational interviewing to elicit sexual risk behaviors and motivation to change risky behavior. Feedback includes instructive video modules. Participants were asked to identify one behavior to change and were reassessed at 3-month follow-up for interim sexual behavior including condom and birth control use. Participants were tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and pregnancy(females) at baseline and 3-month follow-up.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • English speaking and reading
  • Report at least one episode of unprotected vaginal sex (no condom OR no birth control) in the last 2 months
  • Not currently pregnant or actively seeking pregnancy in self or partner

Exclusion criteria

  • Currently pregnant or actively seeking pregnancy in self or partner

Treatment and study plan

eKISS: electronic KIOSK for Safer-Sex

Behavioral

An interactive computer-based intervention for safer-sex which provides individualized feedback about protective and risky sexual behaviors; offers instructive video modules for safe-sex; elicits change behavior and identification of behavior change goal using elements of motivational interviewing.

Primary outcomes

  1. Unprotected sex (no condoms) from self-report via computerized survey

    Time frame: during last 2 months (asked at 3 month follow-up visit)

    number of unprotected sex events when participant did not use condom during sex

Secondary outcomes

  1. Unprotected sex (no birth control) from self-report via computerized survey

    Time frame: during last 2 months (asked at the 3-month follow-up visit)

    number of unprotected sex events when participant did not use birth control during sex

  2. Number of sex partners from self-report via computerized survey

    Time frame: during last 2 months (asked at the 3-month follow-up visit)

    number of partners with which the participant had sex

  3. Biomarkers: urine sample tested with nucleic acid amplification test for STDs and urine sample pregnancy test

    Time frame: over last 3 months (asked at the 3-month follow-up visit)

    Incident chlamydia, gonorrhea, and pregnancy since baseline visit

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Washington

Other

Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Registry information

Official study title

eKISS Electronic KIOSK Intervention for Safer-Sex: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interactive Computer-based Intervention for Sexual Health in Adolescents and Young Adults

Acronym: eKISS

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Jan 23, 2017
Registry last updated
Jan 24, 2017

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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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