Clinical trial NCT02905461: An Intervention Delivered by Text Message to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Palestine
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
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: Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association
name: International Planned Parenthood Federation
First posted: 2016-09-19
Enrollment: 586
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: 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 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.


Eligibility criteria: 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

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 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: Jerusalem
country: Palestinian Territory, occupied
facility: Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association
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 OL, Zghayyer H, Stavridis A, Adada S, Ahamed I, Leurent B, Edwards P, Palmer M, Free C. A randomized controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone text message to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young women in Palestine. Trials. 2019 Apr 23;20(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3297-4.
citation: McCarthy OL, Wazwaz O, Jado I, Leurent B, Edwards P, Adada S, Stavridis A, Free C. An intervention delivered by text message to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young women in Palestine: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Oct 3;18(1):454. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2191-1.