Table 3.
Provider Conversations Regarding IUD and Implant Use and Simultaneous Condom Use While Using LARC Methods.
| IUD users (n = 163) |
Implant users (n = 45) |
|
|---|---|---|
| % (n) | % (n) | |
| How to know when to have IUD removed | ||
| My healthcare provider will tell me | 17.2 (28) | |
| I will remember to ask my healthcare provider based on how long I have had the IUD | 53.0 (86) | |
| I’ll probably get a reminder call or postcard from my healthcare provider | 12.9 (21) | |
| I’ll probably get a reminder call or postcard from the manufacturer. | 0.0 (0) | |
| I don’t know | 10.3 (17) | |
| Othera | 6.5 (11) | |
| Healthcare provider told you that IUDs/implants do not protect against STIs | ||
| Yes | 94.9 (155) | 90.8 (41) |
| No | 0.8 (1) | 3.5 (2) |
| Don’t remember | 4.3 (7) | 5.7 (3) |
| Healthcare provider talked about using condoms in addition to IUD/implant | ||
| Yes | 34.7 (56) | 59.8 (27) |
| No | 48.1 (78) | 34.6 (16) |
| Don’t remember | 16.3 (27) | 5.7 (3) |
| Reason for recommending condom use | ||
| For STI prevention | 47.8 (27) | 19.7 (5) |
| For additional pregnancy prevention | 5.8 (3) | 5.5 (1) |
| For both STI and pregnancy prevention | 43.1 (24) | 74.4 (20) |
| They recommended using condoms but didn’t say why | 0.6 (0) | 0.4 (0) |
| Don’t remember | 2.6 (1) | 0.0 (0) |
| Condom use while using LARC methods | ||
| Never | 75.5 (123) | 56.8 (25) |
| Sometimes | 19.3 (31) | 33.9 (15) |
| Always | 5.2 (8) | 9.4 (4) |
aRespondents who chose “other” were able to further describe in a text box; these responses include: had the IUD removed in the past month, know the removal date myself, or received a card with the removal date written down.