To investigate whether vaginal dinoprostone administered before the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system(IUs) insertion reduces IUD insertion pain and difficulty in insertion in adolescents and young women.
Long-acting reversible contraception methods are highly effective methods for reduction of the unplanned pregnancy rate worldwide. The intrauterine device is a single procedure that provides reliable, effective and long term contraception for many women. However, the insertion procedure can be associated with a troublesome degree of pain that prevent some women from choosing its use. Different interventions have been described to decrease pain perception during intrauterine device insertion with no agreement on an effective one.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
130
1 vaginal tablet of dinoprostone (3mg) (prostin® E2, Pharmacia \& Upjohn, Puurs, Belgium) self-inserted by the patient 12 hours before IUD insertion.
one tablet of placebo self-inserted by the patient 12 hours before IUD insertion.
faculty of medicine Cairo university
Giza, Egypt
The difference in pain scores during intrauterine device insertion
The difference in pain scores during intrauterine device insertion using visual analog scale from 0 to 10
Time frame: 10 minutes
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