A Narrative Intervention to Decrease Abortion Stigma

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
• Main ID: NCT03865199
• Date of registration: 04/03/2019
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: University of Chicago
• Public title: A Narrative Intervention to Decrease Abortion Stigma
• Scientific title: A Narrative Intervention to Decrease Individual Level Abortion Stigma: A Randomized Controlled Trial
• Date of first enrolment: June 16, 2019
• Target sample size: 215
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03865199
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Supportive Care. Masking: None (Open Label).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Melissa Gilliam, MD
• Affiliation: University of Chicago

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women aged 18 or older undergoing medical or surgical abortion at Planned Parenthood
of Illinois (PPIL) will be eligible for inclusion. Inclusion criteria include having
an intrauterine pregnancy, having a smart phone to be able to follow-up by text
message 2-4 weeks after the clinic appointment, having no contraindications to an
outpatient medication or surgical abortion that same day, and not meeting any
exclusion criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Exclusion criteria will include non-English speaking, no working telephone, and less
than 5th grade education level.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Stigma, Social

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Narrative Intervention

Primary Outcome(s)

Individual level abortion stigma [Time Frame: 4 weeks]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Psychological distress [Time Frame: 4 weeks]

Secondary ID(s)

IRB18-1683

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Planned Parenthood Federation of America