Clinical trial NCT02905513: An Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young People in Tajikistan
Official title: A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention Delivered by App Instant Messaging to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young People in Tajikistan
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: Tajik Family Planning Alliance
First posted: 2016-09-19
Enrollment: 580
Sex: ALL
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 the acceptability of effective contraception in Tajikistan. Woman and men aged 16-24 will be randomised to have access to the Tajik Family Planning Alliance'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 months.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged 16-24
* Own a personal Android mobile phone
* Live in Tajikistan

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cannot read Tajik or Russian

Primary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability of at least one method of effective contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Use of effective contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
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 (women only) and communicating with partners about contraception
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Intention to use effective contraception (women only)
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Intervention 'dose' received
timeFrame: 4 months
Locations:
city: Dushanbe
country: Tajikistan
facility: Tajik Family Planning Alliance
Study officials:
affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
name: Caroline Free, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Palmer MJ, Henschke N, Villanueva G, Maayan N, Bergman H, Glenton C, Lewin S, Fonhus MS, Tamrat T, Mehl GL, Free C. Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving sexual and reproductive health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 14;8(8):CD013680. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013680.
citation: McCarthy O, Ahamed I, Kulaeva F, Tokhirov R, Saibov S, Vandewiele M, Standaert S, Leurent B, Edwards P, Palmer M, Free C. A randomized controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young people in Tajikistan. Reprod Health. 2018 Feb 13;15(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12978-018-0473-z.
citation: McCarthy O, Leurent B, Edwards P, Tokhirov R, Free C. A randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by app instant messaging to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young people in Tajikistan: study protocol. BMJ Open. 2017 Sep 21;7(9):e017606. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017606.