Intrauterine Devices and Sexually Transmitted Infection among Older Adolescents and Young Adults in a Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Provider misconceptions regarding intrauterine device (IUD) safety for adolescents and young women can unnecessarily limit contraceptive options offered; we sought to evaluate rates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis (GC/CT) diagnoses among young women who adopted IUDs.

Design

Secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized provider educational trial.

Setting

Forty US-based reproductive health centers.

Participants

We followed 1350 participants for 12 months aged 18-25 years who sought contraceptive care.

Interventions

The parent study assessed the effect of provider training on evidence-based contraceptive counseling.

Main outcome measures

We assessed incidence of GC/CT diagnoses according to IUD use and sexually transmi

SUBMITTER: El Ayadi AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8096684 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature