Mobile phone for sexual health in youth

A parallel group, individually randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of a mobile phone application to improve sexual health among youth in Stockholm County

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN13212899

Enrollment

446

Registered

2017-06-22

Start date

2017-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-07-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Sexually Transmitted Infection / Condom Use Urological and Genital Diseases Sexually Transmitted Infection / Condom Use

Interventions

Participants are individually randomly allocated to one of two groups. The randomisation allocation sequence is generated using a central computer-generated random numbers and is stratified by sex. I

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Youth aged 18-23 2. Youth who own a smart phone 3. Youth who are sexually active (had at least two partners during the past six months). Added 16/10/2017: This criteria is to ensure youth included in the trial have recently had sex outside a stable relationship

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 20/11/2017: 1. Youth who do fulfil inclusion criteria 2. Youth who do not wish to participate 3. Women who only have sex with women will be excluded from the study as the interventions mainly focuses on safe sexual practices related to condom use 4. Close friend/sibling recruited into the trial Exclusion criteria as of 05/09/2017: 1. Youth who do fulfil inclusion criteria 2. Youth who do not wish to participate 3. Women who only have sex with women will be excluded from the study as the interventions mainly focuses on safe sexual practices related to condom use Previous exclusion criteria: 1. Youth who do fulfil inclusion criteria 2. Youth who do not wish to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self-reported condom use during the past six months is measured using the assessment questionnaires at baseline, at three and six months.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Number of partners during the study period is measured using assessment questionnaires, at three and six months 2. Number of tests during the study period is measured using assessment questionnaires at six months 3. Occurrence of STI during the study period measured using assessment questionnaires at six months 4. Occurrence of pregnancy during study period is measured using assessment questionnaires at six months	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Number of partners during the study period is measured using assessment questionnaires, at three and six months 2. Number of tests during the study period is measured using assessment questionnaires at six months 3. Occurrence of STI during the study period measured using assessment questionnaires at six months 4. Occurrence of pregnancy during study period is measured using assessment questionnaires at six months

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Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026