The Reproductive Life Plan in Midwifery Counseling

Pregnancy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Reproductive Life Plan in Midwifery Counseling

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01739101
• Other study ID #: UU-RLP-RCT-2012
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 28, 2012
• Last updated: December 12, 2012
• Start date: March 2012
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: December 2012
• Source: Uppsala University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Sweden: Regional Ethical Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Many women and men are at risk for sexual transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies and have unrealistic family planning intentions and insufficient knowledge of health promoting lifestyle prior to conception. Without sufficient support from the health care system this can lead to negative consequences. The aim of our study was to investigate if the usage of the Reproductive Life Plan in midwifery counselling increases women's knowledge of reproduction and particularly knowledge of folic acid intake prior to pregnancy. Secondary aims were to evaluate the influence on women's family planning and to further explore how women experienced the Reproductive Life Plan-based counselling.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 299
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Visitor at the Student Health Clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not speaking Swedish

• Male

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Delayed Childbearing
• Health Behavior
• Lifestyle
• Pregnancy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Reproductive Life Plan
A structured discussion based on the Reproductive Life plan, including information about reproduction and a brochure with the same information.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	The Student Health Centre	Uppsala

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Uppsala University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

References & Publications (3)

Johnson K, Posner SF, Biermann J, Cordero JF, Atrash HK, Parker CS, Boulet S, Curtis MG; CDC/ATSDR Preconception Care Work Group; Select Panel on Preconception Care. Recommendations to improve preconception health and health care--United States. A report of the CDC/ATSDR Preconception Care Work Group and the Select Panel on Preconception Care. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2006 Apr 21;55(RR-6):1-23. — View Citation

Moos MK. Unintended pregnancies: a call for nursing action. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2003 Jan-Feb;28(1):24-30; quiz 31. Review. — View Citation

Sanders LB. Reproductive life plans: initiating the dialogue with women. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009 Nov-Dec;34(6):342-7; quiz 348-9. doi: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000363681.97443.c4. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Experience of the intervention	Experience of the intervention is measure by; The overall experience of the intervention (very positive - very negative); If the intervention made them think about reproduction in a different way; If the intervention made them search for more information about reproduction; The likelihood of approaching a midwife if they have more questions about reproduction; If they considered that midwifes or other health care professionals routinely should discuss the Reproductive Life Plan with their patients	2 months after the intervention	No
Primary	Knowledge of reproduction	Knowledge will be measured by knowledge of the following: the fecundity of an ovum; how likely it is that a 25-year old women gets pregnant if she has unprotected intercourse at the time of ovulation; at what age there is a marked decline in women's ability to become pregnant; baby take home rate after IVF-treatment; factors that can impair female fertility; healthy lifestyle during pregnancy planning	2 months after the intervention	No
Secondary	Family Planning Intentions	Family planning intentions will be measured by the following questions: Do you want (more) children in your life?; If yes, how many (more) children do you want?; If yes, at which age would you like to have your first/next child?; If yes, at which age you like to have your last child?	2 months after the intervention	No

External Links

•   Home page of Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences at Uppsala University
•   Home page of the Student Health Centre