Contraception Clinical Trial
— LOWECOfficial title:
Structured Online Contraceptive Counseling at Emergency Contraception Pharmacy Provision - A Cluster Randomized Crossover Trial - (The LOWEC Trial)
To increase sexual and reproductive health and rights through the improvement of contraceptive counseling and easy access to service and, thus, women's use of effective contraceptives after purchase of an emergency contraceptive pill (ECP).
Status | Not yet recruiting |
Enrollment | 600 |
Est. completion date | September 2026 |
Est. primary completion date | July 2025 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | Female |
Age group | 15 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Women >/=15 years visiting a pharmacy to buy ECP for her own use - Has a smartphone with an electronic identification and ability to scan a QR code - Ability to read Swedish or English - Willing and able to provide informed consent - Willing to participate in the follow-up Exclusion Criteria: * Ongoing pregnancy |
Country | Name | City | State |
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n/a |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Karolinska Institutet | the Swedish Pharmacy Association |
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Use of effective contraception | Participant´s self-reported use in a digital questionnaire of regular effective contraception (hormonal or intrauterine) | at 1 month follow-up from the pharmacy visit | |
Secondary | Contraceptive use | Contraceptive use, including long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) (self-reported use in a digital questionnaire) | within 12 months follow-up | |
Secondary | Incidence of pregnancy and abortion | Pregnancy and abortion (self-reported use in a digital questionnaire or scrutinized medical record, if lost to follow-up) | within 12 months follow-up | |
Secondary | Satisfaction with the intervention | Participants' satisfaction with the intervention package (self-reported use in a digital questionnaire) Assessed as: very satisfied, satisfied, neither nor, dissatisfied, very dissatisfied | At 1 month follow-up from the pharmacy visit | |
Secondary | Contraceptive use, pregnancy, abortion and satisfaction in vulnerable groups | Contraceptive use, pregnancy, abortion and satisfaction in vulnerable groups such as youths and migrants, compared to non-migrants and older participants (self-reported use in a digital questionnaire or scrutinized medical record, if lost to follow-up) | within 12 months follow-up | |
Secondary | Process evaluation | How context affects the implementation and outcomes among participants and pharmacy personnel (individual interviews) | within 12 months follow-up |
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