Using telemedicine to improve early medical abortion at home (UTAH): a randomised controlled trial to compare telemedicine with in-person consultation for early medical abortion.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare telephone consultations with in-person consultations for the provision of medical abortion (using mifepristone 200 mg and misoprostol 800 µg). We hypothesised that telemedicine consultations would be non-inferior to in-person consultations with a non-inferiority limit of 3%.

Design

Randomised controlled trial with 1:1 allocation.

Setting

Community abortion service housed within an integrated sexual and reproductive health service in Edinburgh, UK.

Participants

The trial began on 13 January 2020, but was stopped early due to COVID-19; recruitment was suspended on 31 March 2020, and was formally closed on 31 August 2021. A total of 125 participants were randomised, approximately 10% of the total planned, with 63 assigned to telemedicine and

SUBMITTER: Reynolds-Wright JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10870195 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature