Usefulness of Home Pregnancy Testing

Utility of Home Pregnancy Testing in Medicaid Women at Risk for Unintended Pregnancy

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00390754

Enrollment

198

Registered

2006-10-20

Start date

2006-10-31

Completion date

2007-09-30

Last updated

2008-07-29

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Conditions

Fertility

Keywords

pregnancy, unintended, menses

Brief summary

The objective of this study is to determine whether women in a Medicaid population at risk for unintended pregnancy will keep a home pregnancy test on hand and (if necessary) use it appropriately.

Detailed description

Once pregnancy is recognized, most women seek prompt prenatal care and try to stop risk behaviors. Unfortunately, women with unintended pregnancies do not recognize their pregnancies promptly, and inadvertently continue risk behaviors into the vulnerable early pregnancy weeks. Home pregnancy testing is a rapid and inexpensive means of pregnancy diagnosis. The objective of this study is to determine whether women in a Medicaid population at risk for unintended pregnancy will keep a home pregnancy test on hand and (if necessary) use it appropriately

Interventions

BEHAVIORALEducation for pregnancy planning

Provision of free home pregnancy tests to women at risk for unintended pregnancy

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 34 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* aged 18 to 34 year old female, * sexually active, * not pregnant, * not desiring pregnancy, * not surgically sterile, * intercourse at least once in the past 6 months without using effective contraception (hormonal or barrier or male vasectomy) * receiving Medicaid OR child on Medicaid OR Medicaid paid for prev. preg * understands written/spoken English enough to give informed consent and respond to survey

Exclusion criteria

* fails to meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of episodes of use of home pregnancy test kits	6 month followup

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge about use of home pregnancy test kits	6 months
Episodes of pregnancy suspicion	6 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026