NCT03030443

Patient Preferences in Anesthesia for Abortion Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of New Mexico · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will use semi-structured interviews with participants in a prospective cohort study to explore women's experiences of pain and preferences in pain management during first trimester surgical abortion to create a more patient centered experience. We will analyze two study cohorts of women undergoing first trimester surgical abortion: women choosing oral anesthesia and women choosing nitrous oxide.

Detailed description

This study will utilize an open-ended semi-structured interview format to elicit a broader understanding of the multi-dimensional pain experience of woman undergoing an abortion procedure. This study seeks to provide further evaluation of the pain experience and preferences of women receiving alternative methods of pain management such as oral sedation and nitrous oxide. The study will use semi-structured interviews to explore women's experiences of pain and preferences in pain management during first trimester surgical abortion and will include a procedural pain outcome using the visual analog scale (VAS) to create a more patient centered experience.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Termination in First Trimester

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-04
• Primary completion: 2022-02-23
• Completion: 2022-02-23
• First posted: 2017-01-25
• Last updated: 2023-05-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States