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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Intrauterine contraception: the role of general practitioners in four Dutch

general practices.

AUTHORS

Vos AA; Veldhuis HM; Lagro-Janssen TL

SOURCE

Contraception. 2004 Apr;69(4):283-287.

ABSTRACT

The intrauterine device (IUD) use in the Netherlands and the United States is limited to a small group of women,

though the risk of infection and pregnancy is small. Therefore, it was of interest to investigate the characteristics of

women who choose an IUD as contraceptive method and the influence of general practitioners concerning IUD

insertion. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to assess differences between general practices and to

investigate the characteristics of IUD users. Also, we wished to study changes in IUD use with time. Patients were

selected from four academic general practices belonging to the continuous morbidity registration project in

Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The population under study included 461 women registered in the academic practices

with a code for insertion of a new IUD in the period from 1981 to 2001. More than half of the women were between 25

and 34 years old at the time of insertion. Almost one quarter were nulliparous, one quarter unmarried and the

distribution of socioeconomic status was the same as the entire practice population. General practitioners have

clear preferences for certain types of IUD and, in particular, for not inserting an IUD in nulliparous women. In

conclusion, married or cohabiting women, around 30 years of age, with children, are in the majority in receiving an

IUD as contraception. General practitioners clearly follow their own opinions about inserting IUD in nulliparous

women. Currently, general practitioners are prescribing more Multiload Cu 375 IUDs and levonorgestrel-releasing

IUDs. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 574-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Intrauterine contraception: the role of general practitioners

in four Dutch general practices.", is(are) Vos AA; Veldhuis HM; Lagro-Janssen TL. The source of this article is

"Contraception. 2004 Apr;69(4):283-287.". This article was published in 2004 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 574-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 574

This article is peer-reviewed.

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