Understanding Women's Contraceptive Expectations at the Time of a First Trimester Surgical Abortion

Contraception Clinical Trial

Official title:

Understanding Women's Contraceptive Expectations at the Time of a First Trimester Surgical Abortion

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01807715
• Other study ID #: 352286
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 2012
• Est. completion date: February 2013

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: University of California, Davis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators will conduct a voluntary anonymous survey at four separate Sacramento area family planning clinics. The investigators will ask the staff at each facility to offer a survey to all women 18 and older presenting to the clinic to have a first trimester (<12 weeks gestation) surgical abortion. Gestational age will be based on what the woman believes is her gestational age at presentation, before any evaluation in the clinic. Women who cannot understand or read the survey will be excluded. The investigators hope to implement the survey at these clinics for 3-4 months reaching a minimum of 200 women (based on a target population of 600 women receiving surgical first trimester abortions at these two clinics over a 3-4 month period with a 95% confidence interval).

Description:

We will conduct a voluntary anonymous survey at four separate Sacramento area family planning clinics. We will introduce the research project to clinic staff, recruiting their support and participation, as they will be the main implementers. The survey will be offered to women in the waiting room before any pre-procedure counseling. We will include all women presenting to the clinic who are 18 years and older and planning to have a first trimester (<12 weeks gestation) surgical abortion. Gestational age will be based on what the woman believes is her gestational age at presentation, before any evaluation in the clinic. Women who cannot understand or read the survey will be excluded. We hope to implement the survey at these two clinics for 3-4 months reaching a minimum of 200 women so as to obtain an adequate power for our study. The brief survey will include a cover letter explaining the study and stressing the anonymity and confidentiality. The surveys will include an envelope in which to place completed surveys; the envelope can be sealed by the participant and dropped in a collection bin. This process will allow the data to be collected anonymously. The survey data will then be synthesized first by descriptive analysis, followed by chi-square and multiple regression analyses. A statistician in the University of California Davis Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology will help when necessary.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 202
• Est. completion date: February 2013
• Est. primary completion date: February 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• seeking first trimester surgical abortion

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who cannot understand or read the survey

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Abortion
• Contraception

Intervention

Other:
• survey
Survey before procedure to obtain demographic information and contraceptive information

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of California, Davis	Sacramento	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Davis

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Matulich M, Cansino C, Culwell KR, Creinin MD. Understanding women's desires for contraceptive counseling at the time of first-trimester surgical abortion. Contraception. 2014 Jan;89(1):36-41. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.09.013. Epub 2013 Sep 30. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	patient preference	patient preference for whether she wants to discuss contraception during her visit for an abortion	one day