Women's knowledge about Intrauterine Device and user satisfaction in Brazil: a systematic review

To identify women's knowledge about Intrauterine Device (IUD) and user satisfaction with the method in Brazil.

A systematic review, with searches carried out in the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and LILACS bibliographic databases via the Virtual Health Library Regional Portal in June 2023. The research followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, and the risk of bias was measured according to JBI criteria. Studies with no restriction on publication time, with a qualitative or quantitative methodological approach, assessing the satisfaction and knowledge about IUD of Brazilian women were selected.

A total of 1,215 articles were identified; of these, 12 met the final inclusion criteria, dated 1997-2023, seven on satisfaction with IUD use, and five related to knowledge about the method. No study addressed both outcomes simultaneously. Inadequate knowledge about IUD was observed, permeated by misconceptions. Women's satisfaction with IUD was greater than 80% in most studies.

The findings point to the stigmatization of IUD and gaps in knowledge about the method, in addition to showing a high rate of satisfaction among users of the method.