Contraceptive Counselling: Impact on Awareness of the Risk of Unwanted Pregnancy and on the Appeal of Contraception

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion117 enrolled

Overview

The hypothesis of this study is that the generalisation of minimal contraceptive advice in general medical consultations among women of childbearing age in Reunion Island who do not use contraception but who have sexual relations and do not wish to become pregnant within the year could induce an awareness of the risk of unwanted pregnancy and lead to a change in behaviour with regard to contraceptive methods.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

117

Conditions

Contraception

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Women from 18 to 50 years old * Consulting in a general practice in Reunion Island * French or Creole speaking * Not having any contraceptive means * Having sexual intercourse * Not having any desire to become pregnant within the year * Collection of non-opposition Exclusion Criteria: * Consultation for a desire or follow-up of a pregnancy * Consultation for an abortion * Consultation for a contraceptive method * Known infertility * Inability to answer the telephone (hearing impaired, mute) * Severe cognitive disorder (mental retardation, dementia, active psychosis) * Women under guardianship or curatorship

Locations (1)

Cabinet de médecine générale

Saint-Philippe, Reunion

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Impact of a minimal councelling regarding the contraception awareness of risk of unwanted pregnancy

Change of Proportion of women with no contraception and having sexual relations without a desire of pregnancy

Time frame: between Day 1 and Month 1

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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