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).