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NCT Number: NCT02234271

Plan A Birth Control: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mobile Health Application for Contraception Information

The primary objective of the investigators study was to design a comprehensive and medically accurate contraception counseling mobile health application and evaluate the effects of this contraception counseling application on the contraceptive methods that patients selected and their knowledge of that method.

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Key information

Conditions

Mobile Applications Behavior Contraception Contraception Behavior Reproductive Behavior

Age range

18 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

West Medical Clinic

Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 18-45 years of age
  • literate in English
  • not at that time using a contraceptive method
  • willing to switch to a new reversible contraceptive method
  • currently sexually active with a male partner and
  • intending to avoid pregnancy for at least one year

Exclusion criteria

  • women not at risk for unintended pregnancy
  • those who were pregnant
  • seeking pregnancy within the next 12 months
  • history of surgical sterilization or
  • a current partner who had had a vasectomy
  • using long acting reversible birth control method
  • menopausal

Treatment and study plan

Mobile health application

Other

Mobile Health application for contraception information

Health Educator Counseling

Other

Counseling via health educator

Primary outcomes

  1. Contraception choice

    Time frame: Participants were followed for the duration of their clinic visit which was up to one day

    Choice of birth control selected by participant was recorded into electronic database system and compared between the two groups.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Knowledge of contraception method chosen

    Time frame: Participants were followed for the duration of their clinic visit which was up to one day

    A knowledge questionnaire was administered at the end of patient's visit and results were analyzed.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Sep 9, 2014
Registry last updated
Sep 9, 2014

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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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