Mobile Technology for Improved Family Planning (MOTIF)

March 2, 2020 updated by: Marie Stopes International

An individual randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of a voice-based mobile phone health (mHealth) intervention to support post-abortion family planning (PAFP) at four Marie Stopes International clinics in Cambodia.

The study seeks to address the research question: does a PAFP mHealth intervention increase use of contraception in Cambodia? STUDY RESULTS: http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/en/

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

500

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Locations

  • Cambodia
      • Phnom Penh, Cambodia
        • Marie Stopes International

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Client attending for abortion
  • Client does not want to have a child at the current time
  • Client aged 18 or over
  • Client owns a mobile phone
  • Client willing to receive simple voice messages relating to contraception from Marie Stopes in Khmer language

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not meeting inclusion criteria
  • Declined to participate

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

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mobile phone-based intervention
Standard care plus automated voice message to support post-abortion contraception use every two weeks for total of three months and direct follow up phone call by family planning counsellor depending on response to voice message.
Behavioral: Mobile phone-based intervention
Automated voice message to support post-abortion contraception use every two weeks for total of three months. Direct follow up phone call by family planning counsellor depending on response to voice message.
No Intervention: Standard care
Face-to-face post-abortion family planning (PAFP) counselling, follow-up at one or two weeks, clinic phone number, existing 'Hotline' phone number.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Use of a Effective Contraceptive Method at Four-months Post-abortion
Time Frame: 4 months
Self-reported use of pill, coil, implant or injection for all participants. Objective measurement of contraceptive use for participants from one clinic.
4 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Pregnancy
Time Frame: 4 months
4 months
Repeat Abortion
Time Frame: 4 months
4 months
Contraceptive Discontinuation
Time Frame: 4 months
4 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Marie Stopes International

Collaborators

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 30, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 30, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

April 4, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 16, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2020

Last Verified

March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MarieStopes

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