International health | 2019
Delivery of home-based post-partum contraception in rural Guatemalan women: feasibility, recruitment and retention in a cluster-randomized trial.
Abstract
BACKGROUND\nFew cluster-randomized trials have been performed in rural Guatemala. Our objective was to describe the feasibility, recruitment and retention in our cluster-randomized trial.\n\n\nMETHODS\nIn our cluster-randomized trial, a range of contraceptives were brought to mothers homes in rural Guatemala.\n\n\nRESULTS\nOf 173 women approached, 33 were excluded. Of the 140 eligible women, 127 (91%) consented to participate. Of the 87 women who should have been assessed for the primary outcome, three were lost to follow-up, which represents a retention rate of 97%.\n\n\nCONCLUSIONS\nNurses who are both clinical providers and study staff can feasibly conduct research, which leads to high enrollment and retention rates.