Plan A Birth Control: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mobile Health Application for Contraception Information

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Mobile Applications, Contraception, Contraception Behavior

In brief

The primary objective of the investigators study was to design a comprehensive and medically accurate contraception counseling mobile health application and evaluate the effects of this contraception counseling application on the contraceptive methods that patients selected and their knowledge of that method.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02234271

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

120

Starts

2012-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-09-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18-45 years of age
• literate in English
• not at that time using a contraceptive method
• willing to switch to a new reversible contraceptive method
• currently sexually active with a male partner and
• intending to avoid pregnancy for at least one year

You may not qualify if…

• women not at risk for unintended pregnancy
• those who were pregnant
• seeking pregnancy within the next 12 months
• history of surgical sterilization or
• a current partner who had had a vasectomy
• using long acting reversible birth control method
• menopausal

Where it is running

• West Medical Clinic — Los Angeles, California, United States

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