Immediate vs delayed postabortion insertion of contraceptive implants: Unintended pregnancy
Immediate probably leads to lower unintended pregnancy—at 6 months postabortion compared with delayed postabortion insertion of contraceptive implants (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Immediate vs delayed postabortion insertion of contraceptive implants Unintended pregnancy—at 6 months postabortion · women who experienced abortions and requested a reversible contraceptive method Immediate probably leads to lower unintended pregnancy—at 6 months postabortion compared with delayed postabortion insertion of contraceptive implants (moderate certainty). Immediate versus delayed postabortal insertion of contraceptive implant (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.25 [0.08, 0.77] | 3 studies · 1029 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate versus delayed postabortal insertion of contraceptive implant 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.