An Intervention Delivered by Text Message to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Palestine

NCT ID: NCT02905461

Last Updated: 2018-02-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

586 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-08

Study Completion Date

2018-01-31

Brief Summary

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This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone text message on the acceptability of effective contraception in Palestine. Woman aged 18-24 will be randomised to receive 0-3 text messages a day for 4 months (intervention) or a monthly text message not about contraception (control). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 month follow-up.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Contraception

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention

Contraceptive text messages

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Contraceptive text messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Text messages not about contraception

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Text messages not about contraception

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Contraceptive text messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Text messages not about contraception

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 18-24 years
* Own a personal mobile phone
* Not using the pill, implant, injection, intrauterine device or patch
* Live in the West Bank

Exclusion Criteria

* Cannot read Arabic
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

International Planned Parenthood Federation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Caroline Free, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Locations

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Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association

Jerusalem, , Palestinian Territories

Site Status

Countries

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Palestinian Territories

References

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Palmer MJ, Henschke N, Villanueva G, Maayan N, Bergman H, Glenton C, Lewin S, Fonhus MS, Tamrat T, Mehl GL, Free C. Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving sexual and reproductive health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 14;8(8):CD013680. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013680.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32779730 (View on PubMed)

McCarthy OL, Zghayyer H, Stavridis A, Adada S, Ahamed I, Leurent B, Edwards P, Palmer M, Free C. A randomized controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone text message to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young women in Palestine. Trials. 2019 Apr 23;20(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3297-4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31014358 (View on PubMed)

McCarthy OL, Wazwaz O, Jado I, Leurent B, Edwards P, Adada S, Stavridis A, Free C. An intervention delivered by text message to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young women in Palestine: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Oct 3;18(1):454. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2191-1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28974258 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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10831

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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