Contraceptive Counseling Following an Abortion

Post Abortion Care Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Effectiveness of Contraceptive Counseling of Women Following an Abortion in Recife, Brasil: a Randomized Controlled Intervention Study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00756314
• Other study ID #: APA-1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 19, 2008
• Last updated: October 6, 2010
• Start date: July 2008
• Est. completion date: September 2009

Study information

• Verified date: March 2010
• Source: Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether contraceptive counseling is effective on acceptance and use of methods in women following an abortion.

Description:

Contraceptive counseling is considered an essential component of post abortion care (PAC) programmes and it is recommended to prevent unintended pregnancies and unsafe, repeated abortions. Indeed, most maternal deaths related to unsafe abortions could be prevented by expanding and improving family planning provision.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 246
• Est. completion date: September 2009
• Est. primary completion date: September 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 15 Years to 49 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Within the first 10 days (plus or minus 5 days) after an abortion

• Live in Recife or whereabouts in Recife(Brazil)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

• Women HIV positive

• Psychiatric pathology

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Post Abortion Care

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Personalized contraceptive counseling
The intervention comprised a personalized and comprehensive (face-to-face) contraceptive counseling regarding to individual contraceptive history and needs. The counseling intervention was conducted by three trained gynecologists according to standard one day training.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	IMIP - Instituto Materno Infantil Prof Fernando Figueira	Recife	Pernambuco

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Contraceptive Acceptability and Use of Contraceptives During the 6-month Follow-up	The acceptability and the use of contraceptives during the follow-up period was defined as just "yes" or "no"	after the contraceptive counseling and during the 6-month follow	Yes
Primary	Correct Use of the Method	the correct use was considerer by each methods according the prescription.	within the first 6 months after intervention	Yes
Primary	Chosen Contraceptive Method After Counseling	the type of contraceptive methods chosen by women following after counseling	after the contraceptive counseling	Yes
Secondary	Pregnancies Among All Women		within the first six months after intervention	Yes
Secondary	Satisfaction With the Used Contraceptive Method	the satisfaction was measured according a scale ranging in 3 levels: very satisfied, somewhat satisfied and dissastisfied.	During the 6-month Follow-up	Yes

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