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The Use of Chaperone in Routine Anorectal Examination

NCT03615586 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 188

Last updated 2018-08-10

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Summary

Background and aim: The use of chaperone in routine anorectal examination of women attending to Coloproctology clinics has not been studied to this date. The aim of this study is to compare the patients' perception and preference regarding the presence of a chaperone during their first anorectal examination. Patients and methods: adult women will be randomly selected to be examined with or without the presence of a female chaperone. After that, they will answer a questionnaire form about how they feel during the examination and whether or not they would prefer having or not a chaperone present in that clinical situation. The patients will prospectively enrolled in one of the two groups of this randomized trial during a period of two years.

Conditions

  • Exanimation

Interventions

OTHER

With Chaperone

Female patients examined by male physicians in the presence of a female (nurse) chaperone.

OTHER

Without Chaperone

Female patients examined by male physicians without the presence of a female (nurse) chaperone.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel C Damin, MD, PhD · Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-26
Primary Completion
2020-07-26
Completion
2020-07-27

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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