The Effect of NLP on Pain Before Uterine Curettage Due to the Fetal Demise

NCT06493305 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024- Seah1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Pregnancy termination is a difficult and painful procedure can be done by medically or uterine curettage. Studies have been conducted to reduce the anxiety of women undergoing pregnancy termination, 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 pregnancy termination by uterine curettage by teaching the NLP technique to the patients.

Conditions

Nursing Caries; Pain, Acute; Pregnancy Loss

Keywords

NLP; uterin curettage; pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• VAS score, pain perception scale and pain catastrophizing scales scores

  pain scale

  1 hour

Study Arms (2)

control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention before, after pregnancy termination, pain scores and pain evaluation by questionnaires will be done.

intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Neurolinguistic programme will be done before uterine curettage for pregnancy termination, after this, pain scores and pain evaluation by questionnaires will be done.

Behavioral: Neurolinguistic programming

Interventions

Neurolinguistic programming BEHAVIORAL

In the NLP application protocol, the visual, auditory and/or tactile representation system that the woman uses most frequently will be determined. Then, using the anchoring technique, the internal reactions and external reactions created by the woman's current symptoms and emotions and thoughts regarding the urination process will be combined using the anchoring technique. Existing negative emotions will be reduced and positive emotions will be reinforced. Then, with the swish technique, the intensity of the woman's existing negative emotions will be erased from the most frequently used visual, auditory or tactile representation system. Then, taking into account the representation system that the woman uses most frequently, the belief change model will be used in her negative thoughts about the current symptom, and her negative feelings and thoughts will be replaced by positive feelings and thoughts and reinforced.

intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: pregnancy termination patients
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Over 18 years of age, non-pregnant, with an indication for pregnancy termination; Those who agreed to participate in the study, patients who understand and can speak Turkish

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital

Sanliurfa, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Kilicli A, Demir I, Esercan A. Effect of neuro-linguistic programming applied prior to uterine curettage for fetal demise on pain score, fear of pain and pain catastrophizing: Randomized controlled trial. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2025 Sep;313:114592. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2025.114592. Epub 2025 Jul 21.

  PMID: 40763452 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acute Pain; Pain

Interventions

Neurolinguistic Programming

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Models, Neurological; Models, Biological; Models, Theoretical; Investigative Techniques; Models, Psychological; Psycholinguistics; Behavioral Sciences; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• alev esercan, MD

  Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 2, 2024
• First Posted: July 9, 2024
• Study Start: July 2, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2025
• Study Completion: April 4, 2025
• Last Updated: April 6, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: six months

Locations

TU (1)