Evaluating Pain and Discomfort Associated With Cervical Punch Biopsy

Israel Healthcare Foundation

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Anxiety; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Forced coughing during cervical punch biopsy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01876225

CMC-13-0033-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of forced coughing during cervical punch biopsy may reduce pain & discomfort associated with the procedure.

Full description

Pain and anxiety are associated with many medical procedures performed in ambulatory setting. Colposcopically guided punch biopsies are a standard procedure performed in women with abnormal cervical cytology, as a part of the diagnosis and treatment selection.

Coughing is thought to provide a distraction and to cause a momentarily increase in blood pressure, reducing pain perception.

Therefore, the present study is designed to compare pain associated with cervical punch biopsy and the effect of forced coughing on pain and pain perception.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women undergoing cervical punch biopsy

Exclusion criteria

• Women under 18 years old
• Women currently taking prescription pain medications
• Women who consumed pain medication up to 2 hours prior to the scheduled biopsy.
• Women who refuse to take part in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

No coughing

No Intervention group

Description:

Cervical punch biopsy without forced coughing intervention

coughing

Experimental group

Description:

Forced coughing during cervical punch biopsy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Forced coughing during cervical punch biopsy