What is the effectiveness of IUD insertion by auxiliary nurse midwives compared to IUD insertion by doctors? | ||||||
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Patient or population: patients with IUDs | ||||||
Settings: Primary health care setting in nine rural villages in Cubuk district, Turkey (Eren et al. [21] Study A) and Jose Fabella | ||||||
Memorial Hospital in Manila, Philippines (Eren et al. [21] Study B) | ||||||
Intervention: Auxiliary nurse-midwives inserting IUDs | ||||||
Comparison: Doctors inserting IUDs | ||||||
Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect | No of Participants | Certainty of the evidence | Comments | |
Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
Doctors inserting IUDs | Auxiliary nurse-midwives inserting IUDs | (95% CI) | (studies) | (GRADE) | ||
Continuation rates1 | 699 per 1000 | 727 per 1000 | RR 1.04 | 996 | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ | |
(671 to 783) | (0.96 to 1.12) | (2 studies) | moderate2 | |||
Removal rates | 107 per 1000 | 115 per 1000 | RR 1.08 | 996 | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ | |
(82 to 162) | (0.77 to 1.52) | (2 studies) | moderate2 | |||
Expulsion rates | 96 per 1000 | 81 per 1000 | RR 0.84 | 996 | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ | |
(54 to 121) | (0.56 to 1.26) | (2 studies) | moderate2 | |||
Unintended pregnancy rates | 20 per 1000 | 19 per 1000 | RR 0.95 | 996 | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ | |
(8 to 47) | (0.4 to 2.27) | (2 studies) | low2,3 | |||
Referral rate during IUD insertion4 | 65 per 1000 | 52 per 1000 | RR 0.80 | 1058 | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ | |
(33 to 84) | (0.50 to 1.29) | (2 studies) | low2,3 | |||
Referral rate after IUD insertion5 | 43 per 1000 | 64 per 1000 | RR 1.49 | 996 | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ | |
(38 to 109) | (0.88 to 2.54) | (2 studies) | low2,3 | |||
Uptake of contraceptives6 - not measured | See comment | See comment | Not estimable6 | - | See comment | |
Complication rates at insertion6 - not measured | See comment | See comment | Not estimable6 | - | See comment | |
Insertion failure rates6 - not measured | See comment | See comment | Not estimable6 | - | See comment |