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The Duration and the Severity of Menstrual Bleeding in Iraqi Women Using Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUD): Cross Sectional Study

The objective of this study was highlight the adverse side effects associating the use of IUD in terms of severity and duration of menstrual bleeding and their correlation to a number of demographic characteristics such as age, residency, occupation and past obstetric history in addition the correlation to duration of use of IUD.52 women with IUD were enrolled in this cross sectional study that was carried out in some governmental and nongovernmental obstetric institutes in Al-Diwaniyah province, Mid-Euphrates region, Iraq. The study stared one January 2018 and ended on March 2019. The main outcomes were the severity and duration of menstrual bleeding. The mean duration of intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) was 2.39 ± 1.91 years and the duration ranged from one month up to 7 years. The duration and the severity of menstrual bleeding are shown in table 2. Four women (7.7 %) had 2-4 days/cycle duration of menstruation, 13 women (25.0%) had 4-6 days/cycle duration of menstruation and 35 women (67.3 %) had > 6 days/cycle duration of menstruation.