An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young People in Tajikistan

Contraception Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young People in Tajikistan

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02905513
• Other study ID #: 10998
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 14, 2016
• Last updated: February 6, 2018
• Start date: November 16, 2016
• Est. completion date: November 30, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging on the acceptability of effective contraception in Tajikistan. Woman and men aged 16-24 will be randomised to have access to the Tajik Family Planning Alliance'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 months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 580
• Est. completion date: November 30, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 16-24

• Own a personal Android mobile phone

• Live in Tajikistan

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cannot read Tajik or Russian

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Contraception

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Contraceptive app instant messages

Other:
• Mobile phone app

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Tajikistan	Tajik Family Planning Alliance	Dushanbe

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	International Planned Parenthood Federation, Tajik Family Planning Alliance

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Tajikistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Knowledge of effective contraception	Score on the knowledge measure	4 months
Other	Perceived norms in relation to using and communicating with partners about contraception	Responses to the perceived norms scales	4 months
Other	Personal agency in using (women only) and communicating with partners about contraception	Responses to the personal agency scales	4 months
Other	Intention to use effective contraception (women only)	Score on the intention measure	4 months
Other	Intervention 'dose' received	If participants read all, some, most or none of the messages and if they stopped the messages	4 months
Primary	Acceptability of at least one method of effective contraception	The proportion reporting that at least one method of effective contraception is acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant)	4 months
Secondary	Use of effective contraception	The proportion reporting current use of effective contraception (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant)	4 months
Secondary	Acceptability of individual effective contraceptive methods	The proportion reporting that individual methods of effective contraception are acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant)	4 months
Secondary	Discontinuation of effective contraception	The proportion reporting use (or partner's use) of effective contraception at any time during the 4 months (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch)	4 months
Secondary	Service uptake	The proportion reporting attending a sexual health service during the 4 months	4 months
Secondary	Unintended pregnancy	The proportion reporting that they became pregnant (or partner became pregnant) and did not want to become pregnant during the study	4 months
Secondary	Induced abortion	The proportion reporting having (or partner having) an abortion during the study	4 months