The goal of this project is to investigate whether a pre-visit telephone intervention could increase awareness of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) availability at the time of uterine evacuation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
234
A pre-visit telephone intervention describing availability of long-acting reversible contraceptives at time of uterine evacuation
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Knowledge that LARC can start at uterine evacuation: Percentage of women who report that LARC methods are available to start at the time of uterine evacuation, as assessed on a questionnaire created for this study
Percentage of women who know that the implant and IUD are available to start at the time of uterine evacuation, as assessed on a questionnaire created for this study. Compared between those who receive the pre-visit information (intervention group) and those who do not receive this information (control group)
Time frame: Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to the information session
Intervention utility: Percentage of women who report that receiving information about contraception before their appointment was either very useful or somewhat useful, as assessed on a 4-point scale on a questionnaire created for this study
Percentage of women who who report that receiving information about contraception before their appointment was either very useful or somewhat useful, as assessed on a 4-point scale on a questionnaire created for this study. Compared between those who received pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
Time frame: Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to information session
General LARC knowledge: Percentage of women with a high score (cutpoint to be determined) on a 10-question LARC knowledge scale developed for this study
Percentage of women with a high score (cutpoint to be determined) on a 10-question LARC knowledge scale developed for this study. Compared between those who received the pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
Time frame: Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to information session
Intent to use LARC: Percentage of women who report a LARC method as their preferred method of birth control, as assessed on a questionnaire created for this study
Percentage of women who report a LARC method as their preferred method of birth control, as assessed on a questionnaire created for this study. Compared between those who received the pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
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Time frame: Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to information session
LARC stage of change: Percentage of women who report being somewhat or very interested in starting a LARC method, as assessed on a 4-point scale on a questionnaire created for this study
Percentage of women who report being somewhat or very interested in starting an implant or IUD, as assessed on a 4-point scale on a questionnaire created for this study. Compared between those who received pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
Time frame: Day 1: Questionnaire administered prior to information session
Uptake of LARC at time of uterine evacuation: Percentage of women who receive a LARC method at the time of uterine evacuation, as documented within the electronic medical record
Percentage of women who receive an implant or an IUD at the time of uterine evacuation, compared between those who received pre-visit information about contraception (intervention group) and those who did not (control group)
Time frame: Day 1: Data abstraction to be performed after the subject's day 1 visit complete