NCT00207480

Brief, Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Douching Among Adolescent and Young Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (planned)
• Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Federal
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will implement and test a brief, tailored individual-level intervention to be used in two New Orleans adolescent clinics with female patients aged 16-24 who douche.

Detailed description

The study implements a client-centered behavioral intervention (CCBI) based on Prochaska's Transtheoretical Model of Change (TMC) and the intervention will use Miller's Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques. This intervention will be evaluated using (1) an audio/computer-assisted self-administered interview (ACASI) survey to assess changes in respondents' douching knowledge, attitudes, and practices, and (2) biological testing for Bacterial Vaginosis.

Conditions

• Vaginal Douching
• Bacterial Vaginosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brief, motivational interviewing intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-10-01
• Primary completion: 2004-10-01
• Completion: 2004-10-01
• First posted: 2005-09-21
• Last updated: 2025-04-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States