Safetxt: a pilot randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone to increase safer sex behaviours in young people.
BMJ Open
; 6(12): e013045, 2016 12 23.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To test the procedures proposed for a main trial of a safer sex intervention for young people delivered by mobile phone text message ('safetxt'). DESIGN ANDSETTING:
Pilot randomised controlled trial. Participants were recruited through sexual health services in the UK. An independent online randomisation system allocated participants to receive the safetxt intervention or to receive the control text messages (monthly messages about participation in the study). Texting software delivered the messages in accordance with a predetermined schedule.PARTICIPANTS:
Residents of England aged 16-24 who had received either a positive chlamydia test result or reported unsafe sex in the last year (defined as more than 1 partner and at least 1 occasion of sex without a condom). INTERVENTION The safetxt intervention is designed to reduce sexually transmitted infection in young people by supporting them in using condoms, telling a partner about an infection and testing before unprotected sex with a new partner. Safetxt was developed drawing on behavioural science; face-to-face interventions; the factors known to influence safer sex behaviours and the views of young people.OUTCOMES:
The coprimary outcomes of the pilot trial were the recruitment rate and completeness of follow-up.RESULTS:
We recruited 200 participants within our target of 3â months and we achieved 81% (162/200) follow-up response for the proposed primary outcome of the main trial, cumulative incidence of chlamydia at 12â months.CONCLUSIONS:
Recruitment, randomisation, intervention delivery and follow-up were successful and a randomised controlled trial of the safetxt intervention is feasible. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ISRCTN02304709; Results.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Problema de salud:
1_doencas_nao_transmissiveis
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2_enfermedades_transmissibles
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual
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Sexo Seguro
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Teléfono Celular
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Envío de Mensajes de Texto
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Promoción de la Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMJ Open
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido