Contraceptive Choice at the Time of Uterine Evacuation

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contraception

Treatments: Other: Telephone message

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02836561

2016P000619

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this project is to investigate whether a pre-visit telephone intervention could increase awareness of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) availability at the time of uterine evacuation.

Enrollment: 234 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 or older
• Scheduled for uterine evacuation
• Speaks English proficiently in order to understand the telephone conversation and the survey questions.

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in this study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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234 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Message

Experimental group

Description:

Participants who are randomized to the intervention message will receive contraception information in advance of their appointment that may be helpful in their decision-making.

Treatment:

Other: Telephone message

Control Message

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants who are randomized to the control message will receive appointment logistic information that may be a helpful reminder.