Table 3:

Results of the participant survey completed at 5 minutes after IUD placement

	No Paracervical Block n = 31	Paracervical Block n = 33	p-value*
Side effects  • Nausea  • Vomiting  • Dizziness  • Injection site pain	4 (6.3) 0 (0) 8 (12.5) 11 (17.2)	3 (4.7) 0 (0) 10 (15.6) 19 (29.7)	0.625 1.0000 0.689 0.077
Injection site pain  • None  • Not as bad as the IUD placement  • Just as bad as the IUD placement  • Worse than the IUD placement  • Much worse than the IUD placement	10 (32.3) 16 (51.6) 4 (12.9) 1 (3.2) 0 (0)	9 (27.3) 12 (36.4) 3 (9.1) 8 (24.2) 1 (3.0)	0.128
Pain with IUD placement compare with expected pain  • No pain with IUD placement  • Not as bad as expected pain  • Just as bad as expected pain  • Worse than expected pain  • Much worse than expected pain	1 (3.2) 12 (38.7) 5 (16.1) 9 (29.0) 4 (12.9)	7 (21.2) 19 (57.6) 6 (18.2) 1 (3.0) 0 (0)	0.002
Choose the same pain control method for a future IUD  • Yes  • No  • Not sure	15 (48.4) 7 (22.6) 9 (29.0)	20 (60.6) 4 (12.1) 9 (27.3)	0.479
Recommend this pain control method to a friend for IUD placement  • Yes  • No  • Not sure	16 (51.6) 6 (19.4) 9 (29.0)	25 (78.1) 2 (6.3) 5 (15.6)	0.078

Results are presented in raw numbers. Percent totals may not add up to 100 because of rounding.

^*p values are derived from the chi-squared test.