NCT03135288

Cell-phone Assisted Postpartum Counseling on the Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives

Effect of Cell-phone Assisted Postpartum Counseling on the Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Unintended and closely spaced pregnancies are a major public health problem that affects not only the individuals directly involved but also the society indirectly. It increases the risks of infants with adverse outcomes such as preterm, low birth weight and small for gestational age. Pregnancy occurring within six months of the last delivery holds a 7.5-fold increased risk for induced abortion, a 3.3-fold increase in miscarriage and a 1.6-fold increased risk of stillbirth. But, use of contraceptive methods has been shown to reduce unwanted pregnancy, high fertility and maternal mortality rates.

Conditions

• Family Planning

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Cell-phone	a reminder of their postpartum family planning visit 5 weeks after the delivery (one week before the scheduled visit) and a phone call 48 hours before the scheduled visit. They will also receive two follow-up phone calls to answer any questions and to remind them with the follow-up visits after insertion. Woman will be given a referral card to the outpatients' family planning clinic denoting her study group and serial number and with a specific date for postpartum family planning visits.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-07-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-15
• Completion: 2019-04-15
• First posted: 2017-05-01
• Last updated: 2019-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt