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. 2015 Jun 26;2015(6):CD003036. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003036.pub3

for the main comparison.

Immediate insertion compared with early insertion for postpartum IUC
Patient or population: postpartum women with desire for contraceptive
Setting: hospital or clinic
Intervention: immediate postplacental insertion (within 10 minutes)
Comparison: early insertion (10 minutes to 48 hours post delivery)
Outcomes Relative effect
 (95% CI) Participants
 (studies) Quality of the evidence
 (GRADE)
Expulsion by 6 months OR 1.00
(95% CI 0.20 to 5.04)
30
 (1 study) ⊕⊕⊕⊝
Moderate
IUC use at 6 months OR 0.46
(95% CI 0.04 to 5.75)
30
 (1 study) ⊕⊕⊕⊝
 Moderate
CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
 High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
 Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
 Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
 Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.