Evaluation of the Reliability, Validity, and Acceptability of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in a U.S. Population of Women (LMUP)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Unplanned Pregnancy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00306007

H1179-27236-01A

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the reliability, validity, and acceptability of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) in a U.S. population of women. The researchers hypothesize that the LMUP will be acceptable to a U.S. population and will be reliable and valid.

Full description

The concept of "unplanned pregnancy" is used frequently in health research and policy. The majority of tools used to assess unplanned pregnancy planning have not been validated. Recently the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) has been developed and validated. The LMUP had been found to be valid and reproducible, but has not been studied outside of the United Kingdom. If we are able to validate this measure in a U.S. population, its use in studies will improve the quality of data about family planning in U.S. women.

Enrollment: 320 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women
• Basic literacy in English or Spanish needed to participate.

Exclusion criteria

• Literacy level lower than 11 years of age

Trial design

320 participants in 4 patient groups

English prenatal

Description:

English speaking women recruited from the general OB/GYN clinic

Spanish prenatal

Description:

Spanish speaking (monolingual) women recruited from the general OB/GYN clinic

English abortion clinic

Description:

English speaking women recruited from the abortion clinic

Spanish abortion clinic

Description:

Spanish speaking (monolingual) women recruited from the abortion clinic