Egyptian Women Knowledge and Use of Different Contraceptive Methods

Contraception Clinical Trial

Official title:

Egyptian Women Knowledge and Use of Different Contraceptive Methods

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01520090
• Other study ID #: 2412012
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 25, 2012
• Last updated: January 26, 2012
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: April 2012

Study information

• Verified date: January 2012
• Source: Ain Shams University
• Contact: Vice Dean for f Post-Graduate and Research, prof. dr.
• Phone: (202)6834576
• Email: vphsm[@]asunet.shams.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Egypt: Ministry of Health and Population
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Starting from Jan 2012 for an interval of 4 months with minimum number of 1200 egyptian women will be asked to complete a questionairre to evaluate their knowledge of different contraceptive methods

Description:

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Sample size, Time of the study:

Starting from Jan 2012 for an interval of 4 months with minimum number of 1200women .

Type of the study:

Analytical crossectional study

Place of the study:

Ain Shams University Hospital, Gynecological outpatient clinic and Amireya primary care medical center (family planning clinic).

Statistical methodology:

SPSS program will be used for data analysis. Appropriate significance tests will be used according to type of data.

After an oral consent is taken from them, Women will be asked to complete a short written questionnaire that includes social data, reproductive information, and some questions about common contraceptive methods.

Testing readability and comprehension of the questionnaire will be done first by collecting 50 questionnaires and analyzing the data.

AIM OF THE WORK The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge and use of different available contraceptive methods among women attending Ain Shams University maternity hospital in the gynecological outpatient clinic and Amireya primary care medical center (family planning clinic).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1200
• Est. completion date: April 2012
• Est. primary completion date: March 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 51 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age : 18 -51 years old

2. Using a contraceptive method for at least 6 months continuously.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Infertile

2. Vaginal bleeding of unknown etiology.

3. Current pregnancy

4. Menopausal

Study Design

Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Contraception

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital Out-Patient Clinic	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ain Shams University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	knowledge of the different contraceptive methods	subjects answer the questionairre correctly or at least 70% right answers	march 2012	Yes
Secondary	correct use of different contraceptive methods	assessing that the subjects use contraceptive methods in correct way based on their knowledge	march 2012	Yes