Physician Self Disclosure of IUC Use

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contraception

Treatments: Behavioral: Usual contraceptive counseling; Behavioral: Physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01994356

IUC Disclosure

N014264 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

As many as one-third of female healthcare providers use intrauterine contraception (IUC), but only about 8 percent of US women overall do. This begs the question: Might physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use increase IUC use among patients? However, the positive or negative impact of physician self disclosure on IUC uptake or patient satisfaction is generally unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use increases patient use of IUC or impacts patients' satisfaction with their clinical encounter.

Full description

We performed a prospective randomized block design pilot trail of usual contraceptive counseling versus usual counseling plus physician self-disclosure of personal intrauterine contraceptive use.

Enrollment: 132 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 44 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• reproductive age
• currently sexually active
• scheduled for benign gynecology visit, annual exam, or family planning visit

Exclusion criteria

• seeking pregnancy within 1 year
• currently using IUC
• prior sterilization procedure
• currently pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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132 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual contraceptive counseling

Active Comparator group

Description:

subjects received usual contraceptive counseling

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual contraceptive counseling

Physician self-disclosure of IUC use

Experimental group

Description:

subjects received usual contraceptive counseling plus intervention which was Physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use during the counseling

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physician self-disclosure of personal IUC use