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Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2008

Computer-assisted provision of emergency contraception a randomized controlled trial.

Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Barbara Gerbert, Ralph Gonzales

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of general internal medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00177515 (Preventive Health Education for Women of Reproductive Age), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00177515 phase3completednot on this map

Preventive Health Education for Women of Reproductive Age

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of PittsburghRan2005 to 2007Enrolled446ConditionsPreconception CareArms"video doctor," computer module
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eleanor Bimla SchwarzCenter for Research on Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Schwarzeb@upmc.edu
Barbara Gerbert
Ralph Gonzales
University of California, San Francisco · USUPMC Health System · US

Funding

Contraceptive Services/Primary Care to Prevent Birth DefectsK23HD051585 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SCHWARZ, ELEANOR BIMLA · 2006 to 2010
$631k
NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD051585NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD051585-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEmergency contraception (EC) can prevent unintended pregnancy. However, many women continue to lack information needed to use EC effectively and clinician time to counsel women about EC is limited.

objectiveTo evaluate whether computer-assisted provision of EC can increase knowledge and use of EC among women able to access EC without a prescription.

designWe conducted a randomized controlled trial in which the intervention group received a 15-minute computerized educational session and 1 pack of EC. The control group received education about periconception folate supplementation, but no information about EC. Participants were contacted 7 months after enrollment.

participantsFour hundred forty-six women recruited from 2 urgent care clinics in San Francisco in 2005. MEASUREMENTS: Knowledge of EC, use of EC, and self-reported pregnancy.

resultsAt follow-up, women in the intervention group answered an average of 2 more questions about EC correctly than they had at baseline, whereas women in the control group answered only 1 more item correctly (2.0 vs 1.2, p < .001). There was a trend toward more use of EC during the study period in the intervention group (10% vs 4% of women followed, p = .06; 6% vs 3%, p = .09 of women enrolled). Fewer women in the intervention group were pregnant at the time of follow-up (0.8% vs 6.5%, p = .01 of women followed; 0.5% vs 4.0%, p = .01 of women enrolled).

conclusionsComputer-assisted provision of EC in urgent care waiting areas increased knowledge of EC in a state where EC had been available without a prescription for 3 years.

Indexed as

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdolescentAdultAmbulatory Care FacilitiesContraception, PostcoitalEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient Education as TopicPregnancySan FranciscoVideotape Recording

Identifiers

PMID18398664
PMCPMC2517895
OpenAlexW1984840559

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