Provider Perspectives on Analgesic Use in Intrauterine Device Insertion Procedures: A Mixed Methods Analysis

CONCLUSIONS: Our study has identified a significant amount of variation in practices regarding analgesic use for IUD insertion procedures and highlighted some underlying causes of these inconsistencies. Future studies should further investigate trends in analgesic administration in IUD insertion procedures with a larger sample size and delve into factors such as provider education and barriers to access.PMID:38646269 | PMC:PMC11031185 | DOI:10.7759/cureus.56580
Source: Pain Physician - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Source Type: research