Increasing access to immediate postpartum contraceptive implants: a prospective clinical trial among patients with opioid use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effects of increased access to immediate postpartum contraceptive implants (IPI) on repeat pregnancy and contraceptive use rates among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD).

Materials and methods

Between 2016 and 2018, 194 postpartum patients with OUD were offered the option of IPI placement at an institution with limited immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception availability and followed for one-year postpartum. Differences in pregnancy rates between participants who did and did not choose IPI were examined using logistic regression with inverse probability of treatment weighting from propensity scores accounting for differences between the two groups.

Results

Among 194 participants, 96 (49.5%) chose an IPI and 98 (50.5%) c

SUBMITTER: Krans EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9795857 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature