Study of Birth Control Use After Childbirth

WakeMed

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contraception

Treatments: Behavioral: LARC Script

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01443533

WakeMed 864

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a randomized controlled trial that will evaluate the impact of a brief educational script on the method of birth control that women receive at their 6-week postpartum visit. The one-minute script ("LARC script") is given to women in the hospital during their postpartum admission. It informs patients about long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods, specifically the contraceptive implant and the intrauterine device. The investigators hypothesize that women who are randomized to receive the LARC script will be more likely to report that they are using a LARC method, when queried immediately after their six-week postpartum visit.

Enrollment: 800 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 14 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women who are admitted to the postpartum unit at WakeMed Hospital
• Delivery of a live infant >24 weeks gestational age
• Age 14-45 years
• Ability to speak either English or Spanish fluently
• Willing to be contacted by phone until at least 8 weeks after delivery

Exclusion criteria

• History of a tubal ligation or hysterectomy
• Partner has already had a vasectomy
• History of fertility treatment to conceive this pregnancy
• Previous randomization into the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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800 participants in 2 patient groups

LARC script

Experimental group

Description:

Received routine postpartum counseling and LARC script.

Treatment:

Behavioral: LARC Script

No LARC script

No Intervention group

Description:

Received only routine postpartum counseling