Pain-perception During Outpatient cystoscopy-a Prospective Controlled Study

April 8, 2022 updated by: Wolfgang Umek, MD, Medical University of Vienna

At an academic tertiary referral center, patients with pelvic floor dysfunction, scheduled for outpatient cystoscopy or urodynamic testing will be asked to participate in the study. Patients will be called one day after the examination and will be asked about pain and their general state of health.

The purpose of this study it to investigate pain perception in urogynecologic patients during outpatient cystoscopy and compare it with pain perception during outpatient urodynamic. The investigators will also investigate the difference between anticipated and actual pain perception. The investigators will test the null hypothesis that there is no difference in patients´ pain perception between outpatient cystoscopy and urodynamic testing. The secondary hypothesis will be that there is no difference between patients´ anticipated amount of pain and the actually experienced pain during cystoscopy and urodynamic testing.

According to power calculation, a sample size of 52 patients per group will be needed to detect a 2 cm difference in pain scores on the VAS - judged as a clinically significant difference - with 95% power and a two-sided significance level of 0.05.

Exclusion criteria are: age ≤ 18 years, insufficient ability to understand German, pregnancy and the participation in another clinical study at the same time.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

109

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Vienna, Austria, 1090
        • Medical University Vienna

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

women, aged >= 18 years with pelvic floor dysfunction, undergoing diagnostic work-up at a tertiary referral center for urogynecologic conditions

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • women undergoing cystoscopy or urodynamic testing at an academic tertiary referral center.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • age ≤ 18 years
  • insufficient ability to understand German
  • pregnancy
  • participation in another clinical study at the same time

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
urogynecologic patients undergoing outpatient cystoscopy
urogynecologic patients undergoing outpatient-urodynamics

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
subjective pain perception immediately after examination as measured by a standard visual analog scale
Time Frame: immediately after examination (zero to ten minutes after completing cystoscopy or urodynamics)

patients are assessed at three points in time:

  1. zero to ten minutes before undergoing examination
  2. zero to ten minutes after undergoing examination
  3. 24 hours after undergoing examination
immediately after examination (zero to ten minutes after completing cystoscopy or urodynamics)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
difference between anticipated pain and actual pain perception
Time Frame: immediately before and immediately after the examination (zero to ten minutes after undergoing examination)
immediately before and immediately after the examination (zero to ten minutes after undergoing examination)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Wolfgang Umek, Prof, Medical University Vienna Austria

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 5, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 8, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

August 13, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 12, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 8, 2022

Last Verified

April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 413/2009

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