Patient Support During Surgical Abortion

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Surgical Abortion

In brief

This study will be a non-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) of women presenting for abortion at \<13 6/7 weeks. Women will be randomized either to receive support by a trained abortion doula (intervention) or to have standard procedure (control) during the abortion procedure. The investigators hypothesize that women who receive doula support during a first trimester abortion will report less pain during the abortion procedure compared to women who do not receive abortion doula support.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01937988

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

220

Starts

2013-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-07-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged > 18 years
• Gestational age by sonogram < 13 6/7 weeks gestation
• Desires pregnancy termination
• Ability to understand the study and give informed consent
• Ability to read and comprehend informed consent document in English

You may not qualify if…

• Aged < 18 years
• Gestational age by sonogram > 13 6/7 weeks gestation
• Inability to understand the study and give informed consent
• Inability to read and comprehend informed consent document in English

Where it is running

• John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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