Pain in Diagnostic Hysteroscopy

Pain in Diagnostic Hysteroscopy: a Multivariate Analysis.

The objective of this study is to assess which factors influence the pain perceived during diagnostic anesthesia-free hysteroscopy.

Inclusion Criteria:

• female gender
• diagnostic hysteroscopy indication
• italian-speaking patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients who had previously undergone a diagnostic hysteroscopy
• patients who had been previously undergone to cervical surgery
• ongoing pregnancy
• cervical carcinoma
• pelvic inflammatory disease
• excessive uterine bleeding
• performance of an endometrial biopsy during the procedure