The Reproductive Life Plan in Midwifery Counseling

Uppsala University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lifestyle; Health Behavior; Delayed Childbearing; Pregnancy

Treatments: Behavioral: Reproductive Life Plan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01739101

UU-RLP-RCT-2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many women and men are at risk for sexual transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies and have unrealistic family planning intentions and insufficient knowledge of health promoting lifestyle prior to conception. Without sufficient support from the health care system this can lead to negative consequences. The aim of our study was to investigate if the usage of the Reproductive Life Plan in midwifery counselling increases women's knowledge of reproduction and particularly knowledge of folic acid intake prior to pregnancy. Secondary aims were to evaluate the influence on women's family planning and to further explore how women experienced the Reproductive Life Plan-based counselling.

Enrollment: 299 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Visitor at the Student Health Clinic

Exclusion criteria

• Not speaking Swedish
• Male

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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299 participants in 3 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group answered a baseline questionnaire in the waiting room and received the intervention (Reproductive Life Plan) in addition to standard care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reproductive Life Plan

Control group 1

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group 1 answered a baseline questionnaire in the waiting room and received standard care.

Control group 2

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group 2 received standard care.