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Experience with Lippes Loop and Copper‐T intrauterine devices in rural Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Bhatia Shushum
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(82)90068-6
Subject(s) - medicine , loop (graph theory) , copper , intrauterine device , obstetrics , family planning , gynecology , environmental health , population , research methodology , metallurgy , materials science , mathematics , combinatorics
Experience with IUD use among rural Bangladeshi women within two programmatic efforts demonstrates that the Copper‐T IUD suited the needs of younger, lower‐parity women better than Lippes Loop. The differential performance by the device was especially marked within the program that offered a broad selection of contraceptive methods and occurred mainly because of lower rates of expulsion and lower rates of discontinuation for bleeding and pain among the Copper‐T users. Nevertheless, the easy availability of a wide choice of methods during the second program successfully encouraged dissatisfied IUD discontinuers to try other methods of contraception.