Table 3 Status of PPIUCD at long-term follow-up visits (n = 180) among the study participants who accepted the PPIUCD as a method of contraception
Follow up at | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Six week | Three months | Six months | |
Status of PPIUCD | |||
Retained | 150(83.3) | 118(65.6) | 118(65.6) |
Removal | 12(6.7) | 25(13.9) | 25(13.9) |
Expulsion | 6(3.3) | 10(5.6) | 10(5.6) |
Loss to follow up | 12(6.7) | 27(15) | 27(15) |
Reasons of removal | |||
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding | 8(66.7) | 7(53.84) | 0 |
Missing thread | 1(8.3) | 1(7.7) | 0 |
Family pressure | 1(8.3) | 3(23.1) | 0 |
Infection | 2(16.7) | 2(15.4) | 0 |
Complications | |||
Infection/Discharge P/v | 14(8.33) | 8(5.44) | 4(3.39) |
Backache/Abdominal pain | 10(5.95) | 7(4.8) | 2(1.7) |
AUB | 18(10.71) | 15(10.20) | 3(2.54) |
Missing threads | 16(9.523) | 1(0.7) | 0 |
Perforation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pyrexia | 4(2.4) | 0 | 0 |