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Table 2 Reasons for Unwillingness to Recommend IUDs to Nulliparous Women

From: Attitudes and practices related to intrauterine devices for nulliparous women among Chinese health care providers

Reasons for being very unwilling or unwilling to recommend IUDs

N (%)

Concerns about difficulties in insertion

8 (17.8)

Concerns about side effects or complications

22 (48.9)

Concerns about risk of medical dispute

7 (15.6)

Concerns about the follow-up process and removal of IUDs after insertion

13 (28.9)

Concerns about the expense

1 (2.2)

Nulloparous women wouldn’t accept IUDs

26 (57.8)

IUDs use seems against traditional sexual concept because most nulliparas are unmarried

17 (37.8)

Others

0 (0.0)