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NCT Number: NCT03402217

Patient Centered Postpartum Contraception App

This study will evaluate a smart phone-based application ("app") designed to inform pregnant women ages 15-25 about their contraception options. The goal of this research will be to evaluate the usability, feasibility and acceptability of this app.

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Key information

Conditions

Contraceptive Usage Behavior Contraception Behavior Reproductive Behavior

Age range

15 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60605, United States

About this study

This study will evaluate a smart phone-based application ("app") designed to inform pregnant women ages 15-25 about their contraception options. The goal of this research will be to evaluate the usability, feasibility and acceptability of this app. Participants will be asked to complete a survey after informed consent and before using the app. After using the app, participants will complete a second survey. This second survey will ask questions about the app including the following topics: Usability, user-friendliness, navigation, user interface, time spent, organization readability; Feasibility, informative, helpful, comprehensible, quality of art, interface, sound; and Acceptability breadth of content, depth of content, engaging and motivating, Innovative utility and value. Women will also rate the degree to which they promote use of the product: would use the app if available, believe the app will support contraceptive use and would recommend the app to peers. Study participation will end once participants are done with the second survey.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Pregnant
  • Identify as African American or Black
  • English as primary language

Exclusion criteria

  • Not pregnant
  • Not identifying as African American or Black
  • Language other than English as primary language

Treatment and study plan

Patient Centered Postpartum Contraception App

Behavioral

This is a theory-based smart phone-based application designed to provide immediate postpartum contraception information to young women aged 15-25.

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility of Application

    Time frame: Immediately post intervention

    Feasibility, acceptability and usability of application. Mean of each item is reported. Each item has a possible score of 1-5, 1 = strongly disagree; 5= strongly agree. Higher scores indicate a better results for all items except "I found the app too complex to understand," "I think I would need tech support to use this app," "I thought there was too much inconsistency in app," "I found the app cumbersome to use," and "I needed to learn a lot before I could get going," where a lower score is a better result.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Prior Method Use

    Time frame: Pre-Survey

    Methods of birth control participants have ever used

  2. Number of Pregnancies (Including Current)

    Time frame: Pre-Survey

  3. Contraception Knowledge

    Time frame: Pre-Survey

    7 questions assessing participant knowledge of different contraception methods

  4. Patient Activation

    Time frame: Pre-Survey, immediately post intervention

    Participant total of 13 Likert-style questions asking about how active a role they have taken in determining their health care. Measurement presented is the sum of 13 Likert items 1-5 to create a scale score. Possible score range from 13-65, with higher scores indicating more activation.

  5. Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills

    Time frame: immediately post intervention

    15 questions asking participants about the information, motivation, and behavioral skills they possess relating to spacing pregnancies by 18 months or longer, split into information, motivation, and behavioral self-efficacy variables. Three subscales are presented: information subscale, motivation subscale, and behavioral skills subscale. The information scale is the summed correct answers to 7 questions, possible score 0-7. Motivation subscale is the sum of 6 Likert-type items with values from 1-4, for possible scores of 6-24; higher score is better. Behavioral skills subscale is the sum of 5 Likert-type items with values from 1-5, for possible subscales scores of 5-25; higher score is better.

  6. Number of Children

    Time frame: Pre-Survey

  7. Number of Induced Abortions

    Time frame: Pre-Survey

    Previous miscarriages, abortions, times pregnant and children participants have

  8. Number of Miscarriages

    Time frame: Pre-Survey

    Previous miscarriages, abortions, times pregnant and children participants have

Other outcomes

  1. Sociodemographic Information

    Time frame: Pre-Survey

    Monthly income

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Chicago

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jan 18, 2018
Registry last updated
May 3, 2024

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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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