The Contraception Continuation Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Contraception Continuation, Knowledge and Service Use Among New Oral Contraceptive Pill Users of Face-to-Face and Internet-Based Services: A Cohort Study
IRAS ID
203076
Contact name
Paula Baraitser
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
KCL
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
This study aims to estimate how measures of OCP continuation, knowledge and service use are associated with type of contraceptive service access among a population of new OCP users. Comparisons will be made between a population who access a novel, internet-based contraceptive service (known as SH:24) for their first supply of OCPs and those who access their first supply of OCPs via existing, face-to-face services such as their local Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) clinics. This study will fulfil the following objectives:
• To describe and compare proportions of participants who obtain a second pack of OCPs once their 3 month supply of OCPs has expired, according to the service at which they obtained their first supply (SH:24 versus face-to-face services).
• To describe the timing of OCP continuation according to service data on time to repeat contraception prescription.
• To describe the proportion of participants who remain at the service at which they initiated contraception according to service data up to 4 months post recruitment.
• To describe the contraceptive pill knowledge of the participants at baseline.
• To compare the time to repeat contraceptive prescription between the different service groups.
• To compare the proportions of participants who remain at the service at which they initiated contraception between the different service groups up to 4 months post recruitment.
• To compare contraceptive pill knowledge between the different service groups at baseline.
• To describe participants’ reasons for discontinuation of contraception.
• To describe participants’ experiences with accessing a service for contraception using rating scores.REC name
London - Dulwich Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/1025
Date of REC Opinion
21 Jun 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion