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

September 4, 2014 updated by: UCLA Women's Health Clinical Research Unit, University of California, Los Angeles
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

120

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

  • United States
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
        • West Medical Clinic

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

18 years to 45 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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

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

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Health Educator Arm
Health Educator for contraception information
Other: Health Educator Counseling
Counseling via health educator
Experimental: Mobile Health Application Arm
Plan A Birth Control - iPad based application for contraception information
Other: Mobile Health Application
Mobile Health application for contraception information

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Contraception choice
Time Frame: Participants were followed for the duration of their clinic visit which was up to one day
Choice of birth control selected by participant was recorded into electronic database system and compared between the two groups.
Participants were followed for the duration of their clinic visit which was up to one day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Knowledge of contraception method chosen
Time Frame: Participants were followed for the duration of their clinic visit which was up to one day
A knowledge questionnaire was administered at the end of patient's visit and results were analyzed.
Participants were followed for the duration of their clinic visit which was up to one day

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Aparna Sridhar, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 26, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 4, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

September 9, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 9, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 4, 2014

Last Verified

September 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UCLA_IRB_14-000821

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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