Interactive Mobile Health Intervention… | Clinical Trial

Key information

Conditions

Other Cardiovascular Diseases of Mother, Postpartum

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Dessie and Kombolcha

Dessie, South Wollo, 1145, Ethiopia

About this study

The main aim of this study is to determine effectiveness of mobile health intervention to improve early postpartum modern contraceptive service uptake among postpartum women in Dessie and Kombolcha town zones, North east Ethiopia. This study will be conducted in Dessie and Kombolcha zones in Amhara region, North east Ethiopia. The largest sample size will be taken and total sample size will be 784.

Cluster randomized control trial behavioral intervention sampling technique will be deployed. First participants will be grouped in to two arms based on randomization of clusters. The intervention arm will take the new mobile health intervention with existed health care practice and the control arm will take the existed current health care practice. Intervention mobile health messages will be developed from family planning behavior change framework and national guidelines. Data will be collected by using pre-tested interviewer administered structured questionnaires. Data will be collected in four different phases. Open data kit (ODK) will be used for data collection. Duration of intervention will be 4 months. Descriptive analyses will be made by computing proportions and summary statistics. Statistical package to social science (SPSS.26) and STATA.15 soft wares will be used to do analysis. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) or path analysis will be done to identify the fitted components to determine latent variables.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

All mothers who will be 24-28 week of gestation and have access to mobile phone in the study area will be recruited to this study.

Exclusion criteria

Pregnant women, who will be assumed to have serious medical problems, will be excluded.

Treatment and study plan

Mobile health intervention(mHealth)

Behavioral

The intervention group will receive mobile health messaging intervention on behavior change to uptake early postpartum modern contraceptive method.

Primary outcomes

Early postpartum family planning is outlined as women who have will be used any kind of modern birth control technique at intervals the primary six weeks when she gave birth.

Time frame: Two weeks after intervention completed the outcome will be measured.

If the respondent answers yes it will be coded "1" and if not coded as "0"

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Wollo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Interactive Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Early Postpartum Modern Contraceptive Method Uptake Among Women in North East Ethiopia: Community Based Cluster Randomized Control Trial

Acronym: EPPMC

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Dec 27, 2022
Registry last updated: Mar 30, 2025

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