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Anticipated pain as a predictor of discomfort with intrauterine device placement

Anticipated pain as a predictor of discomfort with intrauterine device placement BackgroundIntrauterine devices have been gaining popularity for the past 2 decades. Current data report that >10% of women who use contraception are using an intrauterine device. With <1% failure rates, the intrauterine device is one of the most effective forms of long-acting reversible contraception, yet evidence shows that fear of pain during intrauterine device placement deters women from choosing an intrauterine device as their contraceptive method. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Wolters Kluwer Health

Anticipated pain as a predictor of discomfort with intrauterine device placement

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Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Health
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc.
ISSN
0002-9378
DOI
10.1016/j.ajog.2017.10.017
pmid
29079143
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Abstract

BackgroundIntrauterine devices have been gaining popularity for the past 2 decades. Current data report that >10% of women who use contraception are using an intrauterine device. With <1% failure rates, the intrauterine device is one of the most effective forms of long-acting reversible contraception, yet evidence shows that fear of pain during intrauterine device placement deters women from choosing an intrauterine device as their contraceptive method.

Journal

American Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Feb 1, 2018

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