This study will use semi-structured interviews with participants in a prospective cohort study to explore women's experiences of pain and preferences in pain management during first trimester surgical abortion to create a more patient centered experience. We will analyze two study cohorts of women undergoing first trimester surgical abortion: women choosing oral anesthesia and women choosing nitrous oxide.
This study will utilize an open-ended semi-structured interview format to elicit a broader understanding of the multi-dimensional pain experience of woman undergoing an abortion procedure. This study seeks to provide further evaluation of the pain experience and preferences of women receiving alternative methods of pain management such as oral sedation and nitrous oxide. The study will use semi-structured interviews to explore women's experiences of pain and preferences in pain management during first trimester surgical abortion and will include a procedural pain outcome using the visual analog scale (VAS) to create a more patient centered experience.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
29
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Identify Patient Priorities and Preferences for pain and pain management through Qualitative Analysis
To identify patient priorities and preferences for pain and pain management using Qualitative Analysis prior to their first trimester surgical abortion under local anesthesia with oral or nitrous oxide sedation.
Time frame: through patient completion in study, up to one week following the procedure
Compare quantitative and qualitative assessment of pain
Compare the quantitative objective assessment of maximum procedural pain using the visual analog scale (VAS) with the qualitative assessment of pain obtained via semi-structured interviews.
Time frame: through patient completion in study, up to one week following the procedure
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