ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
A Mobile Phone-Based Support Intervention to Increase Use of Postabortion Family Planning in Cambodia: Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation.
Article in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01823861 (Mobile Technology for Improved Family Planning), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Mobile Technology for Improved Family Planning
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mobile phone-based interventions for improving contraception use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Post-abortion needs-based education via the WeChat platform to lessen fear and encourage effective contraception: a post-abortion care service intervention-controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- Pediatric Weight Management Through mHealth Compared to Face-to-Face Care: Cost Analysis of a Randomized Control Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Alleviating price and information barriers to long-acting contraception uptake in Kenyan pharmacies using patient and provider incentives: a cluster randomized control trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Effect of mHealth on Postpartum Family Planning and Its Associated Factors Among Women in South Ethiopia: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Connecting Female Entertainment Workers in Cambodia to Health Care Services Using mHealth: Economic Evaluation of Mobile Link.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Motivating and inhibiting factors influencing the application of mhealth technology in post-abortion care: a review study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Review
- Women's perceptions about mobile health solutions for selection and use of family planning methods in Karachi: a feasibility study.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Perceptions of the use of mobile phones to access reproductive health care services in Tamale, Ghana.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDespite progress over the last decade, there is a continuing unmet need for contraception in Cambodia. Interventions delivered by mobile phone could help increase uptake and continuation of contraception, particularly among hard-to-reach populations, by providing interactive personalized support inexpensively wherever the person is located and whenever needed.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of mobile phone-based support added to standard postabortion family planning care in Cambodia, according to the results of the MOTIF (MObile Technology for Improved Family planning) trial.
methodsA model was created to estimate the costs and effects of the intervention versus standard care. We adopted a societal perspective when estimating costs, including direct and indirect costs for users. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was calculated for the base case, as well as a deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analysis, which we compared against a range of likely cost-effectiveness thresholds.
resultsThe incremental cost of mobile phone-based support was estimated to be an additional US $8160.49 per 1000 clients, leading to an estimated 518 couple-years of protection (CYPs) gained per 1000 clients and 99 disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) averted. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was US $15.75 per additional CYP and US $82.57 per DALY averted. The model was most sensitive to personnel and mobile service costs. Assuming a range of cost-effectiveness thresholds from US $58 to US $176 for Cambodia, the probability of the intervention being cost-effective ranged from 11% to 95%.
conclusionsThis study demonstrates that the cost-effectiveness of the intervention delivered by mobile phone assessed in the MOTIF trial lies within the estimated range of the cost-effectiveness threshold for Cambodia. When assessing value in interventions to improve the uptake and adherence of family planning services, the use of interactive mobile phone messaging and counselling for women who have had an abortion should be considered as an option by policy makers.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT01823861; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01823861.
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