NCT05750615

What Affects Willingness to Self-manage a Pessary?

Understanding Factors Which Affect Willingness to Self-manage a Pessary for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Mixed Methods Study Aiming to Improve Access to Pessary Self-management.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 132 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pessary self-management is defined as the patient's ability to remove and reinsert their pessary themselves at home. Previous research has suggested that some women may prefer being able to remove and reinsert their pessary as they wish rather than wait for clinic appointments. At the moment, not enough is known about pessary self-management, particularly what makes someone more or less likely to try pessary self-management. The investigators would like to understand this better to try to help women overcome barriers they might face. This study aims to collect data via both questionnaires and interviews to explore willingness to self-manage a pessary. Using findings from the questionnaires and interviews, a group of women who use pessaries and healthcare professionals who provide pessary care will work together to develop a better way to support women to feel able and willing to manage their pessary in future.

Conditions

• Prolapse; Female
• Prolapse, Vaginal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Uncertain what intervention will be co-created	Uncertain what intervention will be co-created

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-25
• Primary completion: 2024-03-01
• Completion: 2024-03-01
• First posted: 2023-03-01
• Last updated: 2023-03-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom