Introducing reproductive life plan-based information in contraceptive counselling: an RCT.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

Can reproductive life plan (RLP)-based information in contraceptive counselling before pregnancy increase women's knowledge of reproduction, and of the importance of folic acid intake in particular?

Summary answer

The RLP-based information increased women's knowledge of reproduction including knowledge of folic acid intake.

What is known already

Many women have insufficient knowledge of reproduction, including a health-promoting lifestyle prior to conception, and highly educated women in particular postpone childbearing until an age when their fertile capacity has started to decrease.

Study design, size, duration

The study was an randomized controlled trial with one intervention group (IG) and two control groups (CG1, CG2). A sample size calculat

SUBMITTER: Stern J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3748861 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature