Clinical trial · Interventional
Watching Live VIA/VILI Examinations on a Digital Screen May Reduce Patients' Anxiety
Watching Live VIA/VILI Examinations on a Digital Screen May Reduce Patients' Anxiety: a Randomized Trial of an Educational Intervention
NCT02945111CI-TRIAL-00024460completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to assess whether the degree of anxiety experienced by women undergoing visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and Lugol's iodine (VILI) can be reduced by watching the procedure in real-time on a digital screen.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Cervical Cancer | Malignant Cervical Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| No visual support | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Real-time view | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Real-time view
- description
- Women undergoing Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Lugol's Iodine (VILI) will watch the cervical images taken throughout the examination in real-time on a digital screen. The patients' anxiety level both before and after the examination will be measured using the Spielberg's State Anxiety Inventory.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Real-time view
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- No visual support
- description
- Women in this arm will undergo Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Lugol's Iodine (VILI) without any visual support. Their anxiety level both before and after the examination will be measured using the Spielberg's State Anxiety Inventory.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: No visual support
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 30 Years
- Maximum age
- 49 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Women participating in a cervical cancer screening campaign organized by the District hospital of Dschang * Women understanding the study procedure and accepting voluntarily to participate by signing an informed consent form (ICF). Exclusion Criteria: * Women not able to comply with the study protocol.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDCamail R, Kenfack B, Tran PL, Viviano M, Tebeu PM, Temogne L, Akaaboune M, Tincho E, Mbobda J, Catarino R, Vassilakos P, Petignat P. Benefit of Watching a Live Visual Inspection of the Cervix With Acetic Acid and Lugol Iodine on Women's Anxiety: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational Intervention Conducted in a Low-Resource Setting. JMIR Cancer. 2019 May 13;5(1):e9798. doi: 10.2196/cancer.9798. PMID 31094335