Immediate vs delayed postpartum insertion of IUDs: Expulsion by 6 months
Immediate may leads to higher expulsion by 6 months compared with delayed postpartum insertion of IUDs (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Immediate vs delayed postpartum insertion of IUDs Expulsion by 6 months · postpartum people who desire IUDs for contraception Immediate may leads to higher expulsion by 6 months compared with delayed postpartum insertion of IUDs (low certainty). Immediate versus delayed postpartum insertion of contraceptive implant and IUD for contraception (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 4.55 [2.52, 8.19] | 8 studies · 1206 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate versus delayed postpartum insertion of contraceptive implant and IUD for contraception 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.