The Effect of Neurolingualistik Programming (NLP) on Pain Score, Fear of Pain and Pain Catastrophizing Before Colposcopy

Colposcopy, evaluation of cervical cytological abnormalities and It is the gold standard procedure for the early diagnosis of preinvasive and invasive diseases. Despite her Essentially a minimally invasive intervention, even referring the patient to colposcopy can cause significant anxiety and distress in patients. Increased anxiety can also lead to deterioration in health-related quality. Studies have been conducted to reduce the anxiety of women undergoing colposcopy, but there are no publications on topics such as anxiety, pain perception, and pain catastrophizing.

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) has been called "the art and science of personal excellence", "the study of subjective experience". NLP helps us understand the difference between our actions that produce mediocre results or failure and those that require success or excellence.

NLP: "How do I do something I do well?", "How can I do it better?", "How can I gain skills that I admire in others? It addresses questions like ". It is important to note that NLP is not limited to observable behavior. Our way of thinking, that is, all experience and It also includes the mental processes that control our actions. By dealing with the entire structure of a person's experience (in fact, their motivation), it tries to shape the thought processes, emotions and beliefs that result in a behavior. It is especially about our communication with ourselves as well as with others.

No study was planned on pain and pain perception during colposcopy by teaching the NLP technique to the patients.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pain, Acute
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: neurolinguistic programmino

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Sanliurfa, Turkey
    • Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital
  • Şanlıurfa, Turkey, 63250
    • Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:Those who are over 18 years of age and are not pregnant with an indication for colposcopy; Those who agreed to participate in the study,

Exclusion Criteria:patients who understand and can speak Turkish patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria or had previously undergone colposcopy - -

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control; pain evaluation by questionnaire in colposcopy patients
Experimental: intervention; pain evaluation by questionnaire in colposcopy patients after NLP	Behavioral: neurolinguistic programmino; In this randomized controlled study, the group of patients with an indication for colposcopy in the Gynecological Oncology Department of Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, will be divided into two groups and NLP training will be given before colposcopy in a double-blind manner, and after colposcopy, VAS (visual pain scale), fear of pain scale will be given. 3, evaluation will be made using the pain catastrophizing scale. NLP training will be given for approximately 20 minutes, and the group that will not receive NLP training will remain silent for 20 minutes. The results will be compared.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
pain evaluation	pain level	1 hour

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital
• Investigators: Study Chair: aysegül kılıçlı, Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 2, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): April 4, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 2, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 2, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): July 9, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 6, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 4, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pain; colposcopy; NLP
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Acute Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 63-seah 2

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: 6 months
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No