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. 2016 Mar 30;2016(3):CD012025. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012025.pub2

Wilson 2014.

Methods Design: RCT
Location: Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Time frame: March to September 2013
Sample size estimation and outcome of focus: no information
Participants General with N: 110 women
Inclusion criteria: women 13 to 21 years old desiring contraception; not taking contraception or not satisfied with current method; and not desiring pregnancy in next 12 months
Exclusion criteria: pregnant or desiring pregnancy in next 12 months
Interventions
  1. Intervention: routine care plus brief peer counseling where mentor describes positive experience with LARC and participant asks questions related to mentor's experience; duration < 10 minutes

  2. Comparison: routine care

Outcomes Primary: chose LARC after contraceptive counseling (IUD or implant inserted after counseling)
Secondary: maintained LARC uptake; positive opinion of LARC as primary choice of birth control
Follow‐up: 4 months
Notes Information from conference abstract and ClinicalTrials.gov listing
Abstract has results from initial visit only; 4‐month assessment planned
16 July 2015: Wrote to investigator (C Schreiber) regarding when 4‐month results might be available.

LARC: long‐acting reversible contraception
 RCT: randomized controlled trial