This research study is to see if smartphone applications help college women remember to take birth control better than pharmacist consultation alone. Patients will participate in this study for 6 (six) months. The study will have two groups. Patients will be randomly assigned to one group or the other. The control group will be counseled by the pharmacist on the importance of taking birth control as prescribed. The study group will get the same counseling, but will also be set up to receive reminders to take medication on a smartphone application called Dosecast.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
The Dosecast app is configured to remind the patient to take their medication.
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama, United States
University of Mississippi
Oxford, Mississippi, United States
Belmont University
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Doses Missed
Number of doses of oral contraceptive missed over a six-month period.
Time frame: 6 months
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