Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03393910
The Improvement Of Pelvic Exams for Patients With Chronic Vulvovaginal Conditions
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 200 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Drexel University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate patients self-reported comfort levels during each section of the pelvic exam.
Detailed description
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to investigate the sequence in which physicians perform the pelvic exam, describe and compare self-reported comfort during each section of the pelvic exam and how comfort during the examinations related to quality of life, self-esteem, and sexual function in English speaking females at least 18 years of age with chronic vulvovaginal conditions.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Experimental Pelvic Exam | The pelvic exam will be completed in the following order: external, speculum, bimanual exam in the "standard" group. In the Experimental group the pelvic exam will be done with external xam, bimanual exam then speculum exam. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-01-22
- Primary completion
- 2018-07-16
- Completion
- 2018-07-16
- First posted
- 2018-01-09
- Last updated
- 2018-07-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03393910. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.