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NCT Number: NCT06493266

The Effect of Neurolingualistik Programming (NLP) on Pain Score, Fear of Pain and Pain Catastrophizing Before Colposcopy

Colposcopy, evaluation of cervical cytological abnormalities and It is the gold standard procedure for the early diagnosis of preinvasive and invasive diseases. Despite her Essentially a minimally invasive intervention, even referring the patient to colposcopy can cause significant anxiety and distress in patients. Increased anxiety can also lead to deterioration in health-related quality. Studies have been conducted to reduce the anxiety of women undergoing colposcopy, but there are no publications on topics such as anxiety, pain perception, and pain catastrophizing.

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) has been called "the art and science of personal excellence", "the study of subjective experience". NLP helps us understand the difference between our actions that produce mediocre results or failure and those that require success or excellence.

NLP: "How do I do something I do well?", "How can I do it better?", "How can I gain skills that I admire in others? It addresses questions like ". It is important to note that NLP is not limited to observable behavior. Our way of thinking, that is, all experience and It also includes the mental processes that control our actions. By dealing with the entire structure of a person's experience (in fact, their motivation), it tries to shape the thought processes, emotions and beliefs that result in a behavior. It is especially about our communication with ourselves as well as with others.

No study was planned on pain and pain perception during colposcopy by teaching the NLP technique to the patients.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey (Türkiye)

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Those who are over 18 years of age and are not pregnant with an indication for colposcopy; Those who agreed to participate in the study,

Exclusion criteria

patients who understand and can speak Turkish patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria or had previously undergone colposcopy - -

Treatment and study plan

neurolinguistic programmino

Behavioral

In this randomized controlled study, the group of patients with an indication for colposcopy in the Gynecological Oncology Department of Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, will be divided into two groups and NLP training will be given before colposcopy in a double-blind manner, and after colposcopy, VAS (visual pain scale), fear of pain scale will be given. 3, evaluation will be made using the pain catastrophizing scale. NLP training will be given for approximately 20 minutes, and the group that will not receive NLP training will remain silent for 20 minutes. The results will be compared.

Primary outcomes

  1. pain evaluation

    Time frame: 1 hour

    pain level

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jul 9, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 6, 2025

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