CONTEXT The IUD is extremely effective but infrequently used by young adult women, who disproportionately experience unintended pregnancies. Research has not examined how IUD use may affect sexuality, which could in turn affect method acceptability, continuation and marketing efforts. METHODS Focus group discussions and interviews were conducted in 2014 with 50 women between the ages of 18 an...

OBJECTIVE To study the microbial characteristics of patients with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and the possible impact of an intrauterine device (IUD) on the microbial environment in women presenting with PID. METHODS Case-control study, investigating 51 women with acute PID and 50 healthy women. Endocervical specimens for microbiological investigation were obtained at gynaecological exa...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) that are located abnormally within the myometrium or cervix cause a higher incidence of pelvic pain and abnormal bleeding compared with normally positioned devices. METHODS Over a period of 9 months, all patients with an IUD presenting at our unit for two-dimensional pelvic ultrasound underwent a three-dimensional (3D) v...

BACKGROUND Between 2001 and 2006, IUD use in Uganda stagnated at 0.2% among women of reproductive age (WRA) ages 15-49. By 2011, IUD use had increased slightly to 0.4%. Recent studies report a significant increase in IUD use to 3.8%, but it is still low. Because the IUD is a little-used method in Uganda, we assessed the acceptability of the IUD by surveying women about their perceptions, attitu...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of asymptomatic bacteriuria in women who use intrauterine devices (IUDs) as a contraceptive method with subjects who use tubal ligation (TL). MATERIALS AND METHODS A cohort study was conducted on women who were candidates for IUD insertion or TL (control). The patients were followed for 3 months, and urine cultures were assessed ...

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2004: 30(1) What is intrauterine contraception? This Guidance provides recommendations and good practice points regarding the use of a copper intrauterine device for long-term contraception, the accepted abbreviation for which is IUD. The use of an IUD as emergency contraception (EC) was covered in previous Guidance.1 The IUD is a safe and...

Objective: To compare the clinical performance and side effects of Implant (jadelle) intrauterine contraceptive device (Cu-T). Study Design: Prospective Analytic study. Setting: Department Obstetrics & Gynaecology, PNS Shifa Hospital, Bahria University Health Sciences, Karachi. Period: 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021. Material Methods: A total 162 married females childbearing age par...

BACKGROUND Long-acting reversible contraceptives, such as the intrauterine device (IUD), remain underutilised in Pakistan with high discontinuation rates. Based on a 24-month prospective client follow-up (nested within a larger quasi-experimental study), this paper presents the comparison of two intervention models, one using private mid-level providers branded as "Suraj" and the other using co...

7 Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2004: 30(1) Subsequent to the 2002 World Health Organization (WHO) study,1 the licence for levonorgestrel emergency contraception (EC) in the UK has changed. It now states: ‘Two tablets should be taken together, as soon as possible, preferably within 12 hours, and no later than 72 hours after unprotected intercourse’. This simplification...