Investigate Young Female Reaction Concerning Their Gynecological Examination

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate young female reaction concerning their gynecological examination. Design: descriptive study. Setting: This study was conducted at obstetrics and gynecology outpatient clinic at Mansoura university hospital, Egypt. Subjects: two hundred and three young female. Sample type: purposive sample. Tools: An interviewing questionnaire schedule, emotional stress reaction questionnaire, visual analogue scale and immediately post gynecological examination assessment. Results: The present study results had revealed that, majority among young female had incorrect knowledge. Also, 90.1% of young female complain from pain during bimanual examination &insertion of instrument, It was observed that majority among young female had totally correspond negative nonverbal reaction during (Gyne Ex) were feeling of embarrassment (92.1%), while (84.2%) closed& tight her thighs during (Gyne Ex). In addition negative verbal emotional stressful reaction during (Gyne Ex) was no clinic discharge information from health team (88.7%). Moreover most of young female were disagreed about technique, pre-preparation (Gyne Ex). Furthermore 71.4% refused to repeated future (Gyne Ex). Additionally the main barriers by self reported by young female were stressful event (88.2%), lack of communication with health team (85.2%) & taking long time for waiting (79.3%). Conclusion: the present study concluded that the majority of the young female had incorrect knowledge. Also, most of them corresponding with negatively verbal and nonverbal emotional reaction as well as the majority were embarrassment and (Gyne Ex) hurted the dignity, Recommendation: design purshor, guideline and poster concerning the importance & technique of female gynecological examination to enhance young female emotional verbal and non verbal reaction towards their regular Gyne Ex).

Characteristics Related to Choice of Obstetrician-Gynecologist among Women of Ethiopian Descent in Israel

“…The question of obstetrician-gynecologists gender provoked feelings of embarrassment [ 32 ] that can be attributed to cultural, traditional, and religious undercurrents in Egyptian society. These constitute a barrier against a female exposing her genitals to a male gynecologist or obstetrician.…”

“…The structured questionnaire contained 4 sections: (1) “Trust in Physician Scale” (TPS) [ 31 ], with 11 items on a scale designed to measure interpersonal patient trust in physicians relating to primary care services; (2) The SERVQUAL quality models [ 32 ], which contain five dimensions of service quality; (3) 5Qs model, a comprehensive model of patient satisfaction with healthcare providers [ 33 ]; and (4) socio-demographic questions.…”

“…Quality of services scale—SERVQUAL quality model [ 32 ]. This scale (32–65) contains 15 items (Cronbach alpha α = 0.78) reflecting the amount of satisfaction from service quality.…”

Effect of Counselling Sessions on Women’s Satisfaction during Gynecological Examination

“…Hassan et al (2018) who had revealed that majority among the present studied sample had incorrect knowledge concerning definition, importance, complication & preparation [39]. Similarly, Freyens et al(2017) reported that the majority of women in Egypt had incorrect knowledge regarding reproductive issues because culture and tradition prevent them from discussing these issues of reproductive and gynecological health [40].…”

“…The total score increased from 4.3 to 4.9 although the difference did not reach statistical significance (p=0.13). [39] Moreover, Hilden et al (2003) stated that most women felt emotional discomfort regarding the gynecologic examination. [42] In the present patients, there was a highly statistically significant relationship between the total knowledge of the studied sample about gynecological examination at the post of an instructional supportive guideline and their education level at (P<0.01).…”