Your experience (considering your expectations of today’s consultation)
Taking into account the information that women were provided from the appointment letter or patient information leaflet (PIL) before their hysteroscopy, they were asked about their procedural experience (Table 4). Half of all, women (53%) did not feel any distress during their hysteroscopy. Of those women experiencing distress, most, 6 out of 10, considered the degree of distress as slight. Overall, just over 1 in 10 women experienced at least some distress and nearly 5 in 100 women experienced distress most or all of the time. Most women, >85%, experienced pain during hysteroscopy. Of those women experiencing pain, just over half considered the degree of pain as slight. Overall, 40% of women experienced at least some pain, and 15% of women experienced pain most or all of the time. 70% of women felt mostly or constantly in control, whilst 1 in 20 women did not feel any semblance of control.
Most women, >60%, did not feel any embarrassment and of those women who did, most considered the degree of embarrassment as slight. Most women (>70%), admitted to feeling anxious, most considered the degree of anxiety as slight. Just over 1 in 10 women experienced anxiety most or all of the time. Nearly 24% of women undergoing OPH felt faint, although most only felt this slightly (Table 4).