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Eisenhower's Alternative Speculum Examination

NCT00755599 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2024-08-28

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Summary

This study will determine patient and provider preferences regarding vaginal speculum examinations done with and without stirrups.

Primary research hypothesis: Women undergoing speculum examination will experience at least 20% less physical discomfort, 20% less sense of vulnerability, and 20% less sense of loss of control when using a no-stirrup method of examination compared to traditional in-stirrup examinations.

Secondary research hypothesis: 25% or less of the providers taught this alternative method of speculum examination will find it to be unacceptable.

Conditions

  • Papanicolaou Smear

Interventions

PROCEDURE

no-stirrup vaginal examination

Vaginal speculum examination done with feet on table extender.

PROCEDURE

Vaginal speculum examination done with stirrups.

Speculum examination done with feet in stirrups.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pearl Network

    collaborator NETWORK

  • Eisenhower Army Medical Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Dean A Seehusen, MD, MPH · Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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