Improving women's experience during speculum examinations at routine gynaecological visits: Randomised clinical trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7560, 2006, Pages 171-173

  Seehusen, Dean A ^a   Johnson, Dawn R ^a   Earwood, J Scott ^a   Sethuraman, Sankar N ^b   Cornali, Jamie ^a   Gillespie, Kelly ^a   Doria, Maria ^a   Farnell IV, Edwin ^a   Lanham, Jason ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; OBSTETRICS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746279418     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38888.588519.55     Document Type: Article

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