EC-IUD insertion procedure | n (%) (n=103) |
---|---|
Oral EC given as well as EC-IUD | |
Yes | 64 (62) |
No | 38 (37) |
Data missing | 1 (1) |
Timing of EC-IUD insertion | |
Immediate | 78 (76) |
Interval | 25 (24) |
Interval insertion and oral EC (n=26) | |
With oral EC | 25 (96) |
Without oral EC | 1 (4) |
Ease of EC-IUD insertion | |
Easy | 37 (36)* |
Average | 59 (57) |
Difficult | 6 (6) |
Failed | 1 (1) |
Use of local anaesthesia | |
Yes | 24 (23) |
No | 79 (77) |
Cervical dilatation required | |
Yes | 13 (13) |
No | 90 (87) |
Retention of EC-IUD | |
Removed† | 28 (27) |
Retained‡ | 18 (18) |
Unknown | 56 (55) |
Failed initial fit | 1 (1) |
*One ‘easy’ insertion was complicated by device removal 1 hour later due to pain.
†One device was removed an hour after insertion as above, the remaining 27 were removed ≥6 weeks after insertion.
‡Retention was recorded if women visited the clinic subsequently and were using the IUD for contraception (time interval 11–35 months).
EC, emergency contraception; IUD, intrauterine device.