Research Journal of Biological Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6087ISSN: Print 1815-8846
Abstract
To estimate the frequency and the medical and general reasons for discontinuation of intrauterine device (TCu-380 A), duration of IUD use in patients who were admitted to our clinic for removal of IUD. We studied 271 cases of IUD removal with respect to duration of use, cause of removal and sociodemographic characteristics. All of IUD removed was Tcu-380 A. The relationships among duration of use, age, number of children were analyzed. The reasons for removal and their relationship to duration of use were investigated. The mean age of cases included in the study was 28.1 years, mean duration of use was 3.4 years and mean number of children was 2.3. Although there was no statistically relationship between causing discontinuation with number of children, we observed that women with any number of children removed IUD due to bleeding and spotting. The reasons for removal were frequently side effects related to IUD use. We observed that medical reasons specially bleeding and spotting were the commonest cause of discontinuation of IUD.
How to cite this article:
A. Mardi , S.Refahi , T. Jabbarzadeh , M. Mashoufi and M.H. Dehghan . Factors Influencing Discontinuation of Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (TCu-380A).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/rjbsci.2007.597.600
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-8846/rjbsci.2007.597.600