title: Colposcopy: sensory information for client education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine women's sensory experiences during colposcopy and to describe a model for developing sensory information.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four-stage survey design, which included standardizing the procedure, discovering the experience, validating the experience, and writing the message.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ambulatory clinics in a large teaching hospital in New Brunswick, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty women undergoing colposcopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A valid sensory information message for colposcopy was documented. A model for developing sensory information was derived from a critical appraisal of the four-stage process. The merits of validation interviews were reinforced.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The step-by-step approach outlined in the developmental model provides nurses with precise guidelines for developing other sensory messages. Nurses using a prepared message, such as that provided for colposcopy, need to ensure that it is accurate for their practice setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Nugent
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009509:New Brunswick; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012677:Sensation