NCT00390754

Usefulness of Home Pregnancy Testing

Utility of Home Pregnancy Testing in Medicaid Women at Risk for Unintended Pregnancy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 198 (actual)
• Sponsor: Michigan State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 34 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine whether women in a Medicaid population at risk for unintended pregnancy will keep a home pregnancy test on hand and (if necessary) use it appropriately.

Detailed description

Once pregnancy is recognized, most women seek prompt prenatal care and try to stop risk behaviors. Unfortunately, women with unintended pregnancies do not recognize their pregnancies promptly, and inadvertently continue risk behaviors into the vulnerable early pregnancy weeks. Home pregnancy testing is a rapid and inexpensive means of pregnancy diagnosis. The objective of this study is to determine whether women in a Medicaid population at risk for unintended pregnancy will keep a home pregnancy test on hand and (if necessary) use it appropriately

Conditions

• Fertility

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Education for pregnancy planning	Provision of free home pregnancy tests to women at risk for unintended pregnancy

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-10-01
• Primary completion: 2007-09-01
• Completion: 2007-09-01
• First posted: 2006-10-20
• Last updated: 2008-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States