Interactive Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Early Postpartum Modern Contraceptive Method Uptake

NCT05666037 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: JUIH/IRB/229/22
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 784
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The main aim of this study is to determine effectiveness of mobile health intervention to improve early postpartum modern contraceptive service uptake among postpartum women in Dessie and Kombolcha town zones, North east Ethiopia. This study will be conducted in Dessie and Kombolcha zones in Amhara region, North east Ethiopia. The largest sample size will be taken and total sample size will be 784.

Conditions

Other Cardiovascular Diseases of Mother, Postpartum

Keywords

Early post partum, Contraceptive method, Ethiopia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Early postpartum family planning is outlined as women who have will be used any kind of modern birth control technique at intervals the primary six weeks when she gave birth.

  If the respondent answers yes it will be coded "1" and if not coded as "0"

  Two weeks after intervention completed the outcome will be measured.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group will receive mobile health intervention.

Behavioral: Mobile health intervention(mHealth)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control arm will be received the existed current health delivery approach, not received mobile health sending message service.

Interventions

Mobile health intervention(mHealth) BEHAVIORAL

The intervention group will receive mobile health messaging intervention on behavior change to uptake early postpartum modern contraceptive method.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All mothers who will be 24-28 week of gestation and have access to mobile phone in the study area will be recruited to this study.

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant women, who will be assumed to have serious medical problems, will be excluded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wollo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dessie and Kombolcha

Dessie, South Wollo, 1145, Ethiopia

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Adane M, Cherie N, Damtie Y, Malde M, Chanie MG. Sexual and reproductive health service needs among youths attending preparatory school in Debre Tabor Town, Northwest Ethiopia. SAGE Open Med. 2022 Jul 24;10:20503121221113667. doi: 10.1177/20503121221113667. eCollection 2022.

  PMID: 35910818 BACKGROUND

• Cherie N, Wordofa MA, Debelew GT. Effectiveness of an Interactive Mobile Health Intervention (IMHI) to enhance the adoption of modern contraceptive methods during the early postpartum period among women in Northeast Ethiopia: A cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). PLoS One. 2024 Nov 14;19(11):e0310124. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310124. eCollection 2024.

  PMID: 39541340 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Niguss Cherie, MPH

  Wollo Universirty

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 5, 2022
• First Posted: December 27, 2022
• Study Start: December 5, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2023
• Study Completion: June 15, 2023
• Last Updated: March 30, 2025

Record last verified: 2022-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ET (1)