Cell-phone Assisted Postpartum Counseling on the Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives

Effect of Cell-phone Assisted Postpartum Counseling on the Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03135288

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2017-05-01

Start date

2017-07-01

Completion date

2019-04-15

Last updated

2019-07-19

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Conditions

Family Planning

Brief summary

Unintended and closely spaced pregnancies are a major public health problem that affects not only the individuals directly involved but also the society indirectly. It increases the risks of infants with adverse outcomes such as preterm, low birth weight and small for gestational age. Pregnancy occurring within six months of the last delivery holds a 7.5-fold increased risk for induced abortion, a 3.3-fold increase in miscarriage and a 1.6-fold increased risk of stillbirth. But, use of contraceptive methods has been shown to reduce unwanted pregnancy, high fertility and maternal mortality rates.

Interventions

DEVICECell-phone

a reminder of their postpartum family planning visit 5 weeks after the delivery (one week before the scheduled visit) and a phone call 48 hours before the scheduled visit. They will also receive two follow-up phone calls to answer any questions and to remind them with the follow-up visits after insertion. Woman will be given a referral card to the outpatients' family planning clinic denoting her study group and serial number and with a specific date for postpartum family planning visits.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Women who deliver a live birth at greater than 28 week's gestation. * Women desire birth spacing for more than one year * Women who were holding and /or one of her family hold a cell-phone and accept to receive messages and phone calls to remind her with her contraceptive program

Exclusion criteria

* Women who refuse to participate in the study. * Women aren't able to respond to the questionnaire due to their health status. * Anticipation of difficulty of subsequent communication with the women * Women with contraindications of using long acting reversible contraception ( contraindicated if intrauterine device or implant use)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Initiation of Long acting reversible contraception method	6 months

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 27, 2026