Usefulness of Home Pregnancy Testing

Michigan State University198 enrolled

Overview

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.

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

198

Conditions

Fertility

Interventions

Education for pregnancy planningBEHAVIORAL

Provision of free home pregnancy tests to women at risk for unintended pregnancy

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 34 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * aged 18 to 34 year old female, * sexually active, * not pregnant, * not desiring pregnancy, * not surgically sterile, * intercourse at least once in the past 6 months without using effective contraception (hormonal or barrier or male vasectomy) * receiving Medicaid OR child on Medicaid OR Medicaid paid for prev. preg * understands written/spoken English enough to give informed consent and respond to survey Exclusion Criteria: * fails to meet inclusion criteria

Locations (1)

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of episodes of use of home pregnancy test kits

Time frame: 6 month followup

Secondary Outcomes

Knowledge about use of home pregnancy test kits

Time frame: 6 months

Episodes of pregnancy suspicion

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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