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Different Analgesics Prior to IUD Insertion: Is There Any Evidence?
Different ways of reducing pain during IUD insertion have been explored. So a randomized study will be conducted to test their role
Details
| Lead sponsor | Al Hayat National Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | UNKNOWN |
| Enrolment | 200 |
| Start date | 2015-07 |
| Completion | 2016-12 |
Conditions
- IUD Insertion Complication
Interventions
- Lidocaine
- oral misoprostol
- naproxen
- placebo
Primary outcomes
- current pain level with IUD insertion and 15 minutes post procedure measured by the Visual Analogue Scale. — 15 minutes
A Visual Analogue Scale is a measurement instrument that tries to measure a characteristic or attitude that is believed to range to across a continuum of values and can not easily to be directly measured. Subjects pain using a 10 point visual analogue scale (-+VAS, anchors: 0=non, 10 = worst imaginable). The participants were asked to mark their pre IUD insertion pain expectancies initially, then to mark their pain during different steps of IUD placement.
Countries
Egypt, Saudi Arabia