Cochrane · systematic review · CD009805

Hormonal and intrauterine methods for contraception for women aged 25 years and younger

Krashin, J, Tang, JH, Mody, S, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library

Fertility RegulationAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
9
current version
GRADE rated
9
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 44.4%Low 1 · 11.1%Moderate 4 · 44.4%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Contraceptive failure (pregnancy)

Population: women aged ≤ 25 years with desire for contraception
3 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Pregnancy (12 months)
no estimate extracted193 participantsVery low
Estimated cumulative failure rate (3 years)
no estimate extracted1130 participantsLow
Pregnancy (6 months)
OR 1 [0.05, 18.57]20 participantsModerate

Continuation of contraceptive method

Population: women aged ≤ 25 years with desire for contraception
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Continuation (12 months)
OR 1.48 [0.76, 2.89]193 participantsVery low
Continuation (1 month; 6 months)
OR 2.44 [0.19, 31.53]23 participantsModerate
Continuation (cycles 1 to 3; cycles 4 to 6)
OR 1.09 [0.49, 2.42]130 participantsModerate
Continuation (6 months)
OR 0.38 [0.05, 2.77]20 participantsModerate
Discontinuation: other personal reasons (12 months)
OR 0.27 [0.09, 0.85]193 participantsVery low
Discontinuation: pain, hormonal, bleeding, spotting, other medical, or planning pregnancy (12 months)
no estimate extracted193 participantsVery low