Clinical trial NCT02905526: An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia
Official title: A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Contraception
Keywords: Reproductive health
Lead sponsor: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: International Planned Parenthood Federation
name: Centro de Investigacion, Educacion y Servicios
First posted: 2016-09-19
Enrollment: 645
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 16
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging on use of effective contraception in Bolivia. Woman aged 16-24 will be randomised to have access to Centro de Investigacion, Educacion y Servicios's sexual and reproductive health app (control) or the app plus 0-3 instant messages a day for 4 months (intervention). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 month follow-up.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged 16-24
* Own a personal Android mobile phone
* Live in El Alto or La Paz Bolivia
* Sexually active
* Not using the pill, implant, injection, intrauterine device or patch
* Want to avoid a pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cannot read Spanish

Primary outcomes:
measure: Use of effective contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Acceptability of at least one method of effective contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability of individual effective contraceptive methods
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Discontinuation of effective contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Service uptake
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Unintended pregnancy
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Induced abortion
timeFrame: 4 months
Other outcomes:
measure: Knowledge of effective contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Perceived norms in relation to using and communicating with partners about contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Personal agency in using and communicating with partners about contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Intention to use effective contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Intervention 'dose' received
timeFrame: 4 months
Locations:
city: La Paz
country: Bolivia
facility: Centro de Investigacion, Educacion y Servicios
Study officials:
affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
name: Caroline Free, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: McCarthy OL, Aliaga C, Torrico Palacios ME, Lopez Gallardo J, Huaynoca S, Leurent B, Edwards P, Palmer M, Ahamed I, Free C. An Intervention Delivered by Mobile Phone Instant Messaging to Increase Acceptability and Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Jun 22;22(6):e14073. doi: 10.2196/14073.
citation: McCarthy OL, Osorio Calderon V, Makleff S, Huaynoca S, Leurent B, Edwards P, Lopez Gallardo J, Free C. An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase Acceptability and Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2017 Dec 18;6(12):e252. doi: 10.2196/resprot.8679.