Emergency Contraception - User's Profile

Sponsor

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT01771016

Collaborator

(none)

729

Enrollment

Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Retrospective analysis of requests of emergency hormonal contraception using pharmacy protocols registered in 2003 and 2006.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Postcoital Contraception

Detailed Description

In 2002, Levonorgestrel was introduced in Switzerland for emergency hormonal contraception (EC) without prescription ('pharmacist only'). In 2003, a first analysis of requests of EC showed that the dispensing of EC through pharmacies could successfully be implemented (Lemke et al 2004).

This study was repeated three years later with the aim to explore whether the user's profile has changed after introduction of a low threshold access to EC.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

729 participants

Observational Model:

Case-Only

Time Perspective:

Retrospective

Official Title:

Emergency Contraception - Observational Study of User's Profile

Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2006

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2008

Actual Study Completion Date :

Aug 1, 2009

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Sexual and protective behaviour [2 years]
questions of interest: "Did you forget to take the pill?", "Did you have any other unprotected sexual intercourse since your last period?" and "Have you ever taken the "morning-after pill" before?"

Secondary Outcome Measures

elapsed hours since unprotected intercourse [1 month]

Other Outcome Measures

pharmacy status and care activity [1 month]
pharmacy status (walk-in or emergency), and the three activities of the pharmacists (performance of a pregnancy test, delivery of EHC, referral to a physician).