An Intervention Delivered by Text Message to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Palestine

Contraception Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention Delivered by Text Message to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Palestine

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02905461
• Other study ID #: 10831
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 14, 2016
• Last updated: February 6, 2018
• Start date: December 8, 2016
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2018

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 text message on the acceptability of effective contraception in Palestine. Woman aged 18-24 will be randomised to receive 0-3 text messages a day for 4 months (intervention) or a monthly text message not about contraception (control). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 month follow-up.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 586
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 31, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18-24 years

• Own a personal mobile phone

• Not using the pill, implant, injection, intrauterine device or patch

• Live in the West Bank

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cannot read Arabic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Contraception

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Contraceptive text messages

Other:
• Text messages not about contraception

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Palestinian Territory, occupied	Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association	Jerusalem

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	International Planned Parenthood Federation, Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Palestinian Territory, occupied, 

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 and communicating with partners about contraception	Responses to the personal agency scales	4 months
Other	Intention to use effective contraception	Response to the intention scale	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, patch)	4 months
Secondary	Use of effective contraception	The proportion reporting current use of effective contraception (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch)	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, patch)	4 months
Secondary	Discontinuation of effective contraception	The proportion reporting 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 and did not want to become pregnant during the study	4 months
Secondary	Induced abortion	The proportion reporting having an abortion during the study	4 months