Patient comfort during pelvic examination. New foot supports vs metal stirrups.
One hundred women patients at a midwestern university health center were randomly assigned to a control or experimental group to measure statistically comfort levels of new foot supports vs. traditional metal stirrups during pelvic examinations. Written comments were also obtained. Analyses using the t test demonstrated a significant positive change in attitude in the experimental group.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis; D010808:Physical Examination; D011897:Random Allocation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires