Colposcopy: sensory information for client education.
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.
Nugent
L S
LS
Department of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada.
Clark
C R
CR
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