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CompletedNCT02827474Updated Feb 15, 2018

We Experience: Perspectives on a Quality Abortion Care Experience: A Patient Centered Approach

An observational study in Pregnancy Termination, sponsored by University of New Mexico. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-02-15.

Sponsored by University of New Mexico · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
34
Ages
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine aspects of abortion care most important to the patient in creating a "high quality" abortion experience, to investigate patients' expectations of abortion care, and to explore provider perceptions of patients' abortion experiences and assess concordance with patients' perspectives.

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The purpose of this study is to determine aspects of abortion care most important to the patient in creating a "high quality" abortion experience, to investigate patients' expectations of abortion care, and to explore provider perceptions of patients' abortion experiences and assess concordance with patients' perspectives.

The investigators will conduct semi-structured interviews with patient participants and providers separately to determine patients' expectations of abortion care as well as the most important aspects of the abortion experience and to explore providers' perceptions of their patients' abortion experience and assess concordance.

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Conditions studied

  • Pregnancy Termination
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of New Mexico is the lead sponsor of 306 studies on the registry; 28 are open to participants now.

Of its 25 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 23 (92%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patient Participants: Women presenting to Center for Reproductive Health (CRH) for induced abortion for an undesired pregnancy in the first trimester \< 14 weeks and age 18-45 years. Woman must have a completed surgical abortion procedure and be able to speak English or Spanish.

Provider Participants: Providers must be performing procedures on the day patient participants are recruited and must be willing to give their perspective on the participating patients' abortion experience.

Inclusion criteria

  • Women presenting to the Center for Reproductive Health (CRH) for induced abortion for an undesired pregnancy in the first trimester \< 14 weeks.
  • Women ages 18-45 years.
  • Woman must have a completed surgical abortion procedure
  • Women must be able to speak English or Spanish.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women who are unable or unwilling to consent for the study or are unable or unwilling to complete a follow-up interview
  • Women who are unable to consent and/or are cognitively impaired.
  • Women who are under the age of 18
  • Women who are incarcerated.
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
34 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Patient Participants

    Patient participants will participate in two patient interviews.

    Other: Patient Interview

  • Physician Participants

    Provider participants will participate in one provider interview.

    Other: Provider Interview

Interventions

  • OtherPatient Interview

    Patient intervention includes a 30 minute interview prior to their abortion procedure and a follow up phone-interview that will be 10-minutes and held 24-72 hours from the procedure.

  • OtherProvider Interview

    For physician participants, providers will be interviewed after completion of the patient's visit and this will be 10-15 minutes.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient Experience, semi-structured interviews

    The investigators will use semi-structured interviews to determine aspects of abortion care most important to the patients in creating a "high quality" abortion experience.

    Time frame: One year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Center for Reproductive Health
    Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 15, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02827474
Lead sponsor
University of New Mexico
Responsible party
Brenda Pereda (Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 11, 2016
Start date
Jul 2016
Primary completion
Jan 20, 2018
Completion
Jan 20, 2018
Last update
Feb 15, 2018

Study contacts

Brenda Pereda, MD
principal investigator · University on New Mexico
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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