Evaluation of the Reliability, Validity, and Acceptability of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in a U.S. Population of Women

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00306007

Acronym

LMUP

Enrollment

320

Registered

2006-03-22

Start date

2005-11-30

Completion date

2007-08-31

Last updated

2013-06-25

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Conditions

Unplanned Pregnancy

Keywords

Pregnancy, Unplanned pregnancy, Psychosocial, Measure

Brief summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the reliability, validity, and acceptability of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) in a U.S. population of women. The researchers hypothesize that the LMUP will be acceptable to a U.S. population and will be reliable and valid.

Detailed description

The concept of unplanned pregnancy is used frequently in health research and policy. The majority of tools used to assess unplanned pregnancy planning have not been validated. Recently the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) has been developed and validated. The LMUP had been found to be valid and reproducible, but has not been studied outside of the United Kingdom. If we are able to validate this measure in a U.S. population, its use in studies will improve the quality of data about family planning in U.S. women.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

15 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Pregnant women * Basic literacy in English or Spanish needed to participate.

Exclusion criteria

* Literacy level lower than 11 years of age

Countries

United States

Outcome results