An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia

NCT ID: NCT02905526

Last Updated: 2018-02-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

645 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-03-01

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 app instant messaging on use of effective contraception in Bolivia. Woman aged 16-24 will be randomised to have access to Centro de Investigacion, Educacion y Servicios's sexual and reproductive health app (control) or the app plus 0-3 instant messages a day for 4 months (intervention). 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

App plus the contraceptive instant messages

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Contraceptive instant messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Contraceptive Instant messages

Mobile phone app

Intervention Type OTHER

Mobile phone app

Control

App only

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Mobile phone app

Intervention Type OTHER

Mobile phone app

Interventions

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Contraceptive instant messages

Contraceptive Instant messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mobile phone app

Mobile phone app

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 16-24
* Own a personal Android mobile phone
* Live in El Alto or La Paz Bolivia
* Sexually active
* Not using the pill, implant, injection, intrauterine device or patch
* Want to avoid a pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria

* Cannot read Spanish
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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International Planned Parenthood Federation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centro de Investigacion, Educacion y Servicios

UNKNOWN

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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Centro de Investigacion, Educacion y Servicios

La Paz, , Bolivia

Site Status

Countries

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Bolivia

References

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McCarthy OL, Aliaga C, Torrico Palacios ME, Lopez Gallardo J, Huaynoca S, Leurent B, Edwards P, Palmer M, Ahamed I, Free C. An Intervention Delivered by Mobile Phone Instant Messaging to Increase Acceptability and Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Jun 22;22(6):e14073. doi: 10.2196/14073.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32568092 (View on PubMed)

McCarthy OL, Osorio Calderon V, Makleff S, Huaynoca S, Leurent B, Edwards P, Lopez Gallardo J, Free C. An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase Acceptability and Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2017 Dec 18;6(12):e252. doi: 10.2196/resprot.8679.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29254910 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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10999

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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