NCT03027531

eKISS: Electronic KIOSK Intervention for Safer-Sex

eKISS Electronic KIOSK Intervention for Safer-Sex: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interactive Computer-based Intervention for Sexual Health in Adolescents and Young Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 272 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial to test acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an interactive computer-based intervention with individualized feedback to promote sexual health in adolescents and young adults with assessment of behavioral and biomarker outcomes.

Detailed description

This study is a randomized controlled trial to test acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an interactive computer-based intervention (ICBI) with individualized feedback to promote sexual health in adolescents and young adults. The intervention uses physician avatars and uses elements of motivational interviewing to elicit sexual risk behaviors and motivation to change risky behavior. Feedback includes instructive video modules. Participants were asked to identify one behavior to change and were reassessed at 3-month follow-up for interim sexual behavior including condom and birth control use. Participants were tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and pregnancy(females) at baseline and 3-month follow-up.

Conditions

• Reproductive Behavior
• Contraception
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	eKISS: electronic KIOSK for Safer-Sex	An interactive computer-based intervention for safer-sex which provides individualized feedback about protective and risky sexual behaviors; offers instructive video modules for safe-sex; elicits change behavior and identification of behavior change goal using elements of motivational interviewing.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-30
• Completion: 2013-06-30
• First posted: 2017-01-23
• Last updated: 2017-01-24