An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young People in Tajikistan

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contraception

Treatments: Behavioral: Contraceptive app instant messages; Other: Mobile phone app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02905513

10998

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging on the acceptability of effective contraception in Tajikistan. Woman and men aged 16-24 will be randomised to have access to the Tajik Family Planning Alliance's sexual and reproductive health app (control) or the app plus 0-3 instant messages a day for 4 months (intervention). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 months.

Enrollment: 580 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 16-24
• Own a personal Android mobile phone
• Live in Tajikistan

Exclusion criteria

• Cannot read Tajik or Russian

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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580 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

App plus the contraceptive instant messages

Treatment:

Other: Mobile phone app

Behavioral: Contraceptive app instant messages

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

App only

Treatment:

Other: Mobile phone app