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

Van Kets 1987.

Methods Location and time frame: Gent, Belgium, from October 1983 to June 1986
Design: RCT
Sample size calculation and outcome of focus: no mention
Participants General with N: 408 women
Inclusion criteria: no mention
Exclusion criteria: no mention
Interventions IUD insertion within 10 minutes of delivery of placenta
Treatment: Postpartum Nova T (Nova‐T‐PP)
Comparison: Nova T
Outcomes Reported pregnancy, expulsion, and continuation rates
Assessment times: 1, 3, 9 months and annually up to 3 years
Notes Limited details about methods of trial
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No mention
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No mention
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No mention
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Loss to follow‐up (reported gross cumulative event rates): 12‐month and 24‐month (same), Nova‐T‐PP 6.2 (95% CI 3.0 to 11.4); Nova‐T 6.2 (95% CI 3.0 to 11.3)