Awareness & Use of Emergency Contraception

Awareness & Use of Emergency Contraception Among Women Attending Kidwany MCH Center , Assiut City

General objective:

To decrease the percentage of unwanted and/or unplanned pregnancies and their consequences on women's reproductive health.

Specific objectives:

1. To assess awareness of the study participants about emergency contraception.
2. Determine the percentage of ever use among the participants.
3. To identify factors that affect the awareness and use of emergency contraception among the study participants

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Emergency Contraception
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: correct use of the contraceptions

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 400

Contacts and Locations

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 years to 45 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Married women in reproductive age (15 - 49 years) clients who are attending Kidwany MCH centre, Assiut city.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Married women in reproductive age (15 - 49 years)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infertile and postmenopausal women.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percent of awareness and use of emergency contraception	when to use emergency contraception to prevent the unwanted pregnancy	baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assiut University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Mohammed S, Abdulai AM, Iddrisu OA. Pre-service knowledge, perception, and use of emergency contraception among future healthcare providers in northern Ghana. Contracept Reprod Med. 2019 Jan 24;4:1. doi: 10.1186/s40834-018-0082-9. eCollection 2019.
• Mittal S. Emergency contraception: which is the best? Minerva Ginecol. 2016 Dec;68(6):687-99. Epub 2016 Apr 15.
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Emergency Contraception. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2017 Nov-Dec;46(6):886-888. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2017.09.004. No abstract available.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): December 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Anticipated): January 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 19, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 20, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): November 21, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 21, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 20, 2019
• Last Verified: November 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies
• Other Study ID Numbers: Emergency contraception.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No