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Brief, Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Douching Among Adolescent and Young Women
This study has been suspended.
First Received: September 13, 2005   No Changes Posted
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Collaborator: Tulane University School of Medicine
Information provided by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00207480
  Purpose

This study will implement and test a brief, tailored individual-level intervention to be used in two New Orleans adolescent clinics with female patients aged 16-24 who douche.


Condition Intervention Phase
Vaginal Douching
Bacterial Vaginosis
Behavioral: Brief, motivational interviewing intervention
Phase I

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: Brief, Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Douching Among Adolescent and Young Women

Further study details as provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Estimated Enrollment: 270
Study Start Date: October 2004
Detailed Description:

The study implements a client-centered behavioral intervention (CCBI) based on Prochaska’s Transtheoretical Model of Change (TMC) and the intervention will use Miller’s Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques. This intervention will be evaluated using (1) an audio/computer-assisted self-administered interview (ACASI) survey to assess changes in respondents’ douching knowledge, attitudes, and practices, and (2) biological testing for Bacterial Vaginosis.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   16 Years to 24 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Women attending between the ages of 16 and 24 who have douched at least once in the last 180 days, agree to a test for Bacterial Vaginosis, and agree to allow us to contact you by telephone or in person for a follow-up interview and testing for bacterial vaginosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • currently pregnant, non-English speaking
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00207480

Locations
United States, Louisiana
Orleans Women's Health Clinic
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70119
Sponsors and Collaborators
Tulane University School of Medicine
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Patricia Kissinger, PhD, RN Tulane University School of Medicine
  More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: CDC-NCHSTP-4415, U36/CCU300430-24
Study First Received: September 13, 2005
Last Updated: September 13, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00207480     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Genital Diseases, Female
Bacterial Infections
Vaginosis, Bacterial
Vaginitis
Vaginal Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 08, 2010