Randomised controlled trial of paper, online and text message diaries for sexual health data collection from young people

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000036213

Enrollment

Registered

2009-01-19

Start date

2008-01-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This randomised controlled trial compared SMS, paper and online diaries on response rate, timeliness, completeness of data, and acceptability. The correlation between behaviour reported in diaries and a retrospective questionnaire was also determined.

Interventions

Three methodologies of collecting sexual health data in the form of a diary are being compared - paper based, online, SMS (text message). Each will complete diaries weekly for 3 months (13 weeks).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 29 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Age 16-29 English language Valid mobile phone and email Self perception of being likely to have sexual intercourse in the 3 month study period

Exclusion criteria

Age not 16-29 English language not spoken No valid mobile phone and email Self perception of being unlikely to have sexual intercourse in the 3 month study period

Outcome results