A Pilot Study Using Text Messaging to Communicate With Adolescent Females in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Pregnancy Clinical Trial

— T2I  

Official title:

Texting 2 Initiate: A Pilot Study Using Text Messaging to Communicate With Adolescent Females in the Pediatric Emergency Department (T2I)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02093884
• Other study ID #: AAAM3457
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 19, 2014
• Last updated: January 18, 2017
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Columbia University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to develop and test an emergency department (ED)-based intervention which uses text messages to facilitate contraception initiation.

Description:

Our hypothesis is that adolescent females at high pregnancy risk who receive text message reminders and motivational messages that promote contraception and referral to the Family Planning Clinic are more likely to start effective contraception than those who receive standard paper-based referral to the Family Planning Clinic alone.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: March 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 14 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 14-19 years

• Sexually active with males in the past three months

• Presenting to the ED for a reproductive health complaint.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presently pregnant

• Too ill for participation per the attending physician

• Cognitively impaired

• In foster care or a ward of the state

• Does not speak English or Spanish

• Does not own a cellular or mobile phone with text messaging capabilities

• Used contraception at last intercourse and/or is currently using any "highly effective" or "effective" form of contraception (as defined by the World Health Organization)

• Does not live in Manhattan or the Bronx

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Pregnancy

Intervention

Other:
• Text Messaging Intervention

• Standard Referral

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Emergency Department	Manhattan	New York

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Columbia University	Society of Family Planning

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Text messaging intervention safety	Safety will be assessed during the telephone follow up.	3 months after initial enrollment
Primary	Initiation of highly effective contraception, as defined by the World Health Organization.	We will be assessing contraception initiation rates based on electronic medical record review and telephone call follow up.	3 months after initial enrollment
Secondary	Patient visits to Family Planning Clinic	We assess Family Planning Clinic visits using our electronic medical records.	3 months after initial enrollment
Secondary	Follow up for contraceptive counseling to a doctor or nurse	We will be asking patients during our phone call follow if they have had contraceptive counseling with any healthcare professional. We will also be looking through electronic medical records for documentation of contraceptive counseling such as by ICD-9 coding or a physician's/nurse's note.	3 months after initial enrollment
Secondary	Change in pregnancy intentions	We will compare pregnancy intentions elicited from the answers provided in the baseline questionnaire to those reported on the telephone follow up for both study arms.	3 months after initial enrollment