Women's Feeling of Discomfort During Vaginal Examination and Related Factors

Zeynep BAL; Tuba UÇAR; Ezgi Can KANTAR

doi:https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.1066185

Article Details

Women's Feeling of Discomfort During Vaginal Examination and Related Factors

Authors:

Zeynep BAL | Tuba UÇAR | Ezgi Can KANTAR

Publisher:

Ordu University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Middle Black Sea Journal of Health Science 2022 Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.269-278

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000563770

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2149-7796

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.1066185

Abstract:

 

Objective: This study aimed to identify the level of women’s feeling of discomfort during the vaginal examination and associated factors.Methods: Designed as cross-sectional research, the study was performed with 386 women who had a vaginal examination at a public hospital in Malatya province of Turkey in August-November 2018. The Personal Information Form, the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and the Impact of Event Scale were used in the collection of research data.Results: The mean of VAS scores was 2.86±3.52 points for the discomfort felt by participant women from the vaginal examination, and 22.8% of participant women (n=88) felt discomfort from the vaginal examination (VAS≥6 cm). Participant women who had no post-traumatic stress symptoms (79.3%), to whom the doctor made explanations during the examination (82.2%), to whom the doctor made explanations after the examination (83.3%), who found the post-examination explanation adequacy (80.2%), who were examined by the doctor (85.1%), who were examined by male health staff (86.6%), and who had the vaginal examination due to pregnancy (86.9%) felt lower levels of discomfort from the vaginal examination, and these differences from corresponding groups of participant women were statistically significant (p<0.05).Conclusion: It was identified that participant women felt low-level discomfort from the vaginal examination, approximately one-fifth of them had the feeling of discomfort, and the post-traumatic stress and health staff’s approaches toward the woman in the vaginal examination affected the woman’s feeling of discomfort.

Article Details

Women's Feeling of Discomfort During Vaginal Examination and Related Factors

Authors: Zeynep BAL | Tuba UÇAR | Ezgi Can KANTAR

Publisher: Ordu University

Main Topics: Promotion of health

Journal: Middle Black Sea Journal of Health Science 2022 Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.269-278

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2022

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000563770

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 2149-7796

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.1066185

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Authors:

Zeynep BAL | Tuba UÇAR | Ezgi Can KANTAR

Publisher:

Ordu University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Middle Black Sea Journal of Health Science 2022 Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.269-278

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000563770

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2149-7796

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.1066185