Randomized Controlled Trial of Structured Contraceptive Counseling in Adult Women
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Contraception
In brief
In the United States, highly effective methods of birth control are often not used. Healthcare providers use birth control counseling and patient education as ways to increase the usage of birth control. However, little evidence exists to show that patient education and birth control counseling changes birth control use. We want to evaluate the effectiveness of using a uniform set of birth control information to provide birth control education to women having an early pregnancy termination. The counselors will allow the clients to both read as well as hear the information. We propose to evaluate whether this counseling will lead to 1) more women choosing highly effective nonpermanent birth control methods and 2) more women continuing to use these methods for a longer time. Women in the study will complete a questionaire about their health. Half of them will have the structured counseling and half will have the routine counseling currently offered to women as a part of their routine care. We will contact all study participants with a telephone call three months and six months later to have a 10 minute conversation about what birth control they are using.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00746993
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 250
- Starts
- 2008-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-12-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- age 18 years or older
- seeking contraception
- Spanish or English speaking
- has access to a telephone
- willing to participate in the study
You may not qualify if…
- age less than 18 years
- not fluent in English or Spanish
- not able to have access to a phone
- not seeking contraception
Where it is running
- Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
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