ABSTRACT

Background: Family planning is hailed as one of the great public health achievements of the last century.

Aim: To determine the percentage of menorrhagia leading to anemia in non hormonal IUDs users for birth control.

Study Design: Descriptive case series.

Methodology: Present study was carried out from January-July 2019 at the department of Obstetric & Gynaecology, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore following the approval by Hospital’s Ethical Committee. All females (n=210) with reproductive age group fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled. Blood was taken and added into a separate tube, for immediate hematological measurements of haemoglobin and serum ferritin level. Data was analyzed by SPSS, version 24. Parameters like age, PBAC score and menstrual bleeding days were presented as mean±SD. Chi Square test was applied to see the effect on the outcome and p value ≤ 0.05 was significant.

Results: In present study, mean±SD of age was 31.85±5.05 years. Frequency of menorrhagia was positive in just 41(19.52%) patients. Similarly, anemia was present in 57(27.15%) patients.

Conclusion: We concluded that the percentage of menorrhagia leading to anemia in non hormonal IUDs users was not very high. Due to high morbidity rate among young females, it is therefore suggested that prescribing iron supplements must be a routine during and after their IUD use in our clinical setups.

Keywords: Birth control, Non-Hormonal IUDs, Menorrhagia and Anemia.