Patient Centered Postpartum Contraception App

May 2, 2024 updated by: University of Chicago
This study will evaluate a smart phone-based application ("app") designed to inform pregnant women ages 15-25 about their contraception options. The goal of this research will be to evaluate the usability, feasibility and acceptability of this app.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study will evaluate a smart phone-based application ("app") designed to inform pregnant women ages 15-25 about their contraception options. The goal of this research will be to evaluate the usability, feasibility and acceptability of this app. Participants will be asked to complete a survey after informed consent and before using the app. After using the app, participants will complete a second survey. This second survey will ask questions about the app including the following topics: Usability, user-friendliness, navigation, user interface, time spent, organization readability; Feasibility, informative, helpful, comprehensible, quality of art, interface, sound; and Acceptability breadth of content, depth of content, engaging and motivating, Innovative utility and value. Women will also rate the degree to which they promote use of the product: would use the app if available, believe the app will support contraceptive use and would recommend the app to peers. Study participation will end once participants are done with the second survey.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60605
        • University of Chicago Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

15 years to 25 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

-Recruitment will occur at local primary care clinics.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant
  • Identify as African American or Black
  • English as primary language

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not pregnant
  • Not identifying as African American or Black
  • Language other than English as primary language

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Case-Only
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Feasibility of Application
Time Frame: Immediately post intervention
Feasibility, acceptability and usability of application. Mean of each item is reported. Each item has a possible score of 1-5, 1 = strongly disagree; 5= strongly agree. Higher scores indicate a better results for all items except "I found the app too complex to understand," "I think I would need tech support to use this app," "I thought there was too much inconsistency in app," "I found the app cumbersome to use," and "I needed to learn a lot before I could get going," where a lower score is a better result.
Immediately post intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Prior Method Use
Time Frame: Pre-Survey
Methods of birth control participants have ever used
Pre-Survey
Number of Pregnancies (Including Current)
Time Frame: Pre-Survey
Pre-Survey
Contraception Knowledge
Time Frame: Pre-Survey
7 questions assessing participant knowledge of different contraception methods
Pre-Survey
Patient Activation
Time Frame: Pre-Survey, immediately post intervention
Participant total of 13 Likert-style questions asking about how active a role they have taken in determining their health care. Measurement presented is the sum of 13 Likert items 1-5 to create a scale score. Possible score range from 13-65, with higher scores indicating more activation.
Pre-Survey, immediately post intervention
Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills
Time Frame: immediately post intervention
15 questions asking participants about the information, motivation, and behavioral skills they possess relating to spacing pregnancies by 18 months or longer, split into information, motivation, and behavioral self-efficacy variables. Three subscales are presented: information subscale, motivation subscale, and behavioral skills subscale. The information scale is the summed correct answers to 7 questions, possible score 0-7. Motivation subscale is the sum of 6 Likert-type items with values from 1-4, for possible scores of 6-24; higher score is better. Behavioral skills subscale is the sum of 5 Likert-type items with values from 1-5, for possible subscales scores of 5-25; higher score is better.
immediately post intervention
Number of Children
Time Frame: Pre-Survey
Pre-Survey
Number of Induced Abortions
Time Frame: Pre-Survey
Previous miscarriages, abortions, times pregnant and children participants have
Pre-Survey
Number of Miscarriages
Time Frame: Pre-Survey
Previous miscarriages, abortions, times pregnant and children participants have
Pre-Survey

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Sociodemographic Information
Time Frame: Pre-Survey
Monthly income
Pre-Survey

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPH, University of Chicago

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 18, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 7, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

January 7, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 5, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 16, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

January 18, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 3, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 2, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB17-12541

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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