Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
Crude Incidence Rate of Uterine Perforation Stratified by Breastfeeding Status Among Women Within 52 Weeks Postpartum-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude incidence rate was calculated as the number of outcomes occurring during the person-time at risk divided by the total person-time at risk (in person-years) |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Cumulative Incidence of Uterine Perforation Stratified by Breastfeeding Status Among Women Within 52 Weeks Postpartum-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude estimates of the cumulative incidence, defined as number of outcomes occurring up to a time point out of the number of IUD insertions |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Primary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Breastfeeding Status and Uterine Perforation-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Propensity score-adjusted hazard ratio to evaluate whether the risk of uterine perforation among women who were breastfeeding at the time of first observed IUD insertion differs from the risk of uterine perforation among women who were not breastfeeding at the time of first observed IUD insertion |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Crude Incidence Rate of Uterine Perforation Categorized by Postpartum Timing-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude incidence rate was calculated as the number of outcomes occurring during the person-time at risk divided by the total person-time at risk (in person-years) |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Cumulative Incidence of Uterine Perforation Categorized by Postpartum Timing-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude estimates of the cumulative incidence, defined as number of outcomes occurring up to a time point out of the number of IUD insertions |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Primary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Postpartum Timing and Uterine Perforation-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Adjusted for propensity scores and breastfeeding status, to evaluate whether the risk of uterine perforation among women who had a first observed IUD insertion within different time periods postpartum differs from the risk of uterine perforation among women who had their first observed IUD insertion more than 52 weeks postpartum, including women without a recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks. Reference group: IUD insertion > 52 weeks postpartum |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Postpartum Timing Risk 14-week Cut Point and Uterine Perforation-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Adjusted for propensity scores and breastfeeding status, to estimate the risk of uterine perforation among women who had a first observed IUD insertion early in the postpartum period (i.e., up to 14 weeks postpartum) versus those who had a first observed IUD insertion late in the postpartum period (i.e., more than 14 weeks postpartum, including women without recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks). Reference group: IUD insertion >14 weeks postpartum or with no recorded delivery |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Postpartum Timing Risk 36-week Cut Point and Uterine Perforation-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Adjusted for propensity scores and breastfeeding status, to estimate the risk of uterine perforation among women who had a first observed IUD insertion = 36 weeks postpartum versus women who had a first observed IUD insertion > 36 weeks postpartum, including women without recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks. Reference group: IUD insertion >36 weeks postpartum or with no recorded delivery |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Adjusted Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) for Uterine Perforation-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Adjusted for propensity score, overall and stratified by breastfeeding status at the time of IUD insertion for = 36 weeks postpartum at IUD insertion versus > 36 weeks postpartum or with no recorded delivery, at 1 year and 5 years of follow-up. Reference group: > 36 weeks or no delivery |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Primary |
Adjusted Incidence Rate Difference (IRD) for Uterine Perforation-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Propensity score-adjusted incidence rate differences (per 1,000 person-years) for uterine perforation for women = 36 weeks postpartum at IUD insertion compared with those who were > 36 weeks postpartum or with no recorded delivery, 1 year of follow-up and 5 years of follow-up, overall and stratified by breastfeeding status. Reference group: > 36 weeks or no delivery |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Primary |
Crude Incidence Rate of Uterine Perforation Stratified by IUD Type-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude incidence rate was calculated as the number of outcomes occurring during the person-time at risk divided by the total person-time at risk (in person-years) |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Cumulative Incidence of Uterine Perforation Stratified by IUD Type-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude estimates of the cumulative incidence, defined as number of outcomes occurring up to a time point out of the number of IUD insertions |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
|
Primary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for IUD Type and Uterine Perforation-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Propensity score-adjusted hazard ratio to evaluate whether the risk of uterine perforation among women with LNG-releasing IUD at the time of first observed IUD insertion differs from the risk of uterine perforation among women with copper IUD at the time of first observed IUD insertion |
Up to 11 years |
|
Primary |
Crude Incidence Rate of Uterine Perforation Stratified by Menorrhagia Status-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude incidence rate was calculated as the number of outcomes occurring during the person-time at risk divided by the total person-time at risk (in person-years) |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Cumulative Incidence of Uterine Perforation Stratified by Menorrhagia Status-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude estimates of the cumulative incidence, defined as number of outcomes occurring up to a time point out of the number of IUD insertions |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Primary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Menorrhagia Status and Uterine Perforation-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Propensity score-adjusted hazard ratio to evaluate whether the risk of uterine perforation among women using an IUD who have at least one diagnosis code indicating menorrhagia in the 12 months before IUD insertion differs from the risk of uterine perforation among women who do not have this indication |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Effect Modification of Breastfeeding Status on Postpartum Timing for Uterine Perforation |
Propensity score-adjusted hazard ratios to evaluate the extent to which breastfeeding status (yes vs. no) modified the association of uterine perforation for women with IUD insertion at different time periods postpartum (i.e., IUD insertion = 14 weeks versus IUD insertion > 14 weeks postpartum) among women with a recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks at the time of the first observed IUD insertion |
Up to 11 years |
|
Primary |
Effect Modification of IUD Type on Breastfeeding Status for Uterine Perforation |
Propensity score-adjusted hazard ratios to evaluate the extent to which type of IUD (LNG-IUD vs. copper IUD) modified the association between uterine perforation and breastfeeding among women who were and were not breastfeeding at the time of first observed IUD insertion |
Up to 11 years |
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Primary |
Effect Modification of IUD Type on Postpartum Timing for Uterine Perforation |
Adjusted for propensity score and breastfeeding status, to evaluate the extent to which type of IUD (LNG-IUD vs. copper IUD) modified the association between uterine perforation and postpartum timing of IUD insertion for women with IUD insertion at different time periods postpartum (i.e., = 6 weeks, > 6 and = 14 weeks, > 14 and = 52 weeks) versus IUD insertion more than 52 weeks postpartum, including no recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks, at the time of the first observed IUD insertion. Reference group: LNG-IUD or Copper IUD, > 52 weeks or no delivery |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Crude Incidence Rate of IUD Expulsion Stratified by Breastfeeding Status Among Women Within 52 Weeks Postpartum-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude incidence rate was calculated as the number of outcomes occurring during the person-time at risk divided by the total person-time at risk (in person-years) |
Up to 11 years |
|
Secondary |
Cumulative Incidence of IUD Expulsion Stratified by Breastfeeding Status Among Women Within 52 Weeks Postpartum-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude estimates of the cumulative incidence, defined as number of outcomes occurring up to a time point out of the number of IUD insertions |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Secondary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Breastfeeding Status and IUD Expulsion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Propensity score-adjusted to evaluate whether the risk of IUD expulsion among women who were breastfeeding at the time of first observed IUD insertion differs from the risk of IUD expulsion among women who were not breastfeeding at the time of first observed IUD insertion |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Crude Incidence Rate of IUD Expulsion Categorized by Postpartum Timing-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude incidence rate was calculated as the number of outcomes occurring during the person-time at risk divided by the total person-time at risk (in person-years) |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Cumulative Incidence of IUD Expulsion Categorized by Postpartum Timing-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude estimates of the cumulative incidence, defined as number of outcomes occurring up to a time point out of the number of IUD insertions |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Secondary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Postpartum Timing and IUD Expulsion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Adjusted for propensity score and breastfeeding status, to evaluate whether the risk of IUD expulsion before and after 49 days of insertion among women who had a first observed IUD insertion within different time periods postpartum differs from the risk of IUD expulsion among women who had their first observed IUD insertion more than 52 weeks postpartum, including women without a recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks Reference group: IUD insertion > 52 weeks postpartum |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Postpartum Timing Risk 14-week Cut Point and IUD Expulsion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Adjusted for propensity scores, to estimate the risk of IUD expulsion among women who had a first observed IUD insertion early in the postpartum period (i.e., up to 14 weeks postpartum) versus those who had a first observed IUD insertion late in the postpartum period (i.e., more than 14 weeks postpartum, including women without recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks). Reference group: IUD insertion >14 weeks postpartum or with no recorded delivery |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Postpartum Timing Risk 36-week Cut Point and IUD Expulsion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Adjusted for propensity scores, to estimate the risk of IUD expulsion among women who had a first observed IUD insertion = 36 weeks postpartum versus women who had a first observed IUD insertion > 36 weeks postpartum, including women without recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks. Reference group: IUD insertion >36 weeks postpartum or with no recorded delivery |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Adjusted Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) for IUD Expulsion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Overall and stratified by breastfeeding status at the time of IUD insertion for IUD expulsion for = 36 weeks postpartum at IUD insertion versus > 36 weeks postpartum or with no recorded delivery, at 1 year and 5 years of follow-up Reference group: > 36 weeks or no delivery |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Secondary |
Adjusted Incidence Rate Difference (IRD) for IUD Expulsion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Adjusted incidence rate differences (per 1,000 person-years) for IUD expulsion for women = 36 weeks postpartum at IUD insertion compared with those who were > 36 weeks postpartum or with no recorded delivery, 1 year of follow-up and 5 years of follow-up, overall and stratified by breastfeeding status Reference group: > 36 weeks or no delivery |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
|
Secondary |
Crude Incidence Rate of IUD Expulsion Stratified by IUD Type-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude incidence rate was calculated as the number of outcomes occurring during the person-time at risk divided by the total person-time at risk (in person-years) |
Up to 11 years |
|
Secondary |
Cumulative Incidence of IUD Expulsion Stratified by IUD Type-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude estimates of the cumulative incidence, defined as number of outcomes occurring up to a time point out of the number of IUD insertions |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
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Secondary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for IUD Type and IUD Expulsion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Propensity score adjusted to evaluate whether the risk of IUD expulsion among women with LNG-releasing IUD at the time of first observed IUD insertion differs from the risk of IUD expulsion among women with copper IUD at the time of first observed IUD insertion |
Up to 11 years |
|
Secondary |
Crude Incidence Rate of IUD Expulsion Stratified by Menorrhagia Status-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude incidence rate was calculated as the number of outcomes occurring during the person-time at risk divided by the total person-time at risk (in person-years) |
Up to 11 years |
|
Secondary |
Cumulative Incidence of IUD Expulsion Stratified by Menorrhagia Status-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Crude estimates of the cumulative incidence, defined as number of outcomes occurring up to a time point out of the number of IUD insertions |
At 1 year and 5 years of follow-up |
|
Secondary |
Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) for Menorrhagia Status and IUD Expulsion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
Propensity score adjusted to evaluate whether the risk of IUD expulsion among women using an IUD who have at least one diagnosis code indicating menorrhagia in the 12 months before IUD insertion differs from the risk of IUD expulsion among women who do not have this indication |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Effect Modification of IUD Type on Breastfeeding Status for IUD Expulsion |
Propensity score-adjusted hazard ratios to evaluate the extent to which type of IUD (LNG-IUD vs. copper IUD) modified the association between IUD expulsion and breastfeeding among women who were and were not breastfeeding at the time of first observed IUD insertion |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Effect Modification of IUD Type on Postpartum Timing for IUD Expulsion |
Adjusted for propensity score and breastfeeding status, to evaluate the extent to which type of IUD (LNG-IUD vs. copper IUD) modified the association between IUD expulsion and postpartum timing of IUD insertion for women with IUD insertion at different time periods postpartum (i.e., = 6 weeks, > 6 and = 14 weeks, > 14 and = 52 weeks) versus IUD insertion more than 52 weeks postpartum, including no recorded delivery within the past 52 weeks, at the time of the first observed IUD insertion. Reference group: LNG-IUD or Copper IUD, > 52 weeks or no delivery |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Number of Indicators of a Potentially Difficult Insertion, Overall, by Breastfeeding Status, and by Postpartum Timing of IUD Insertion-first Observed IUD Insertions |
To describe the prevalence of indicators of a difficult IUD insertion (e.g., need for cervical dilation, ultrasound guidance, paracervical block, clinician not indicating difficulty, use of misoprostol among all users) |
Up to 11 years |
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Secondary |
Number of Indicators of a Potentially Difficult Insertion, Overall, by IUD Type and by Menorrhagia Status-first Observed IUD Insertions |
To describe the prevalence of indicators of a difficult IUD insertion (e.g., need for cervical dilation, ultrasound guidance, paracervical block, clinician not indicating difficulty, use of misoprostol among all users) |
Up to 11 years |
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