Determinants of Success, Characterizing the Facilitators of Integrated Abortion Provision (FAB)

January 24, 2024 updated by: University of New Mexico
This national, qualitative study of physicians who provide abortion care aims to better understand the facilitators of abortion provision among generalist clinicians in OB-GYN and Family Medicine.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This is a nationwide qualitative study of 20 to 40 physicians who provide abortion services as part of their scope of practice. Providers will participate in a semi-structured interview using an interview guide that addresses 4 domains of interest including: (1) initiation of abortion services, (2) barriers to abortion provision, (3) facilitators of abortion provision and (4) acquired expertise and coaching for success.

Study Type

Observational

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
    • New Mexico
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87113
        • University of New Mexico

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Providers of Abortion Care

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Practicing obstetrician-gynecologists and family medicine physicians who currently provide or in the past have provided abortion services (medication abortions, surgical abortions and/or induction abortions) as part of their clinical practice will be eligible for study participation.
  • All providers who meet these criteria will be eligible regardless of providers' gestational age cutoff, abortion indication limitations and/or restrictions, or number of abortions provided.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Physicians who work solely at a designated abortion facility, e.g., Planned Parenthood, without an alternate practice site, or who provide only abortions, are not eligible for study participation.

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Integration of Abortion Care
Time Frame: April 2017-February 2018
To qualitatively interview obstetrician/gynecologists and Family Medicine physicians who have successfully integrated abortion care into their practice scope and to explore their experiences with abortion provision.
April 2017-February 2018

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of New Mexico

Collaborators

Society of Family Planning

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lisa Hofler, MD, MBA, MPH, University of New Mexico

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 (Actual)

May 1, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 5, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 6, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

June 8, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 26, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 24, 2024

Last Verified

January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 17-124

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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