Skip to main contentResearchers at Monash University are exploring the lived experiences of women and girls assigned female at birth, who have been attended by Australian ambulance/paramedic services for chronic/persistent pelvic pain. The research aims to understand how pain is assessed and managed in the out-of-hospital setting, how holistic/psychosocial needs are addressed, and where opportunities exist to improve paramedic practice, education and integration with multidisciplinary care. Findings will help shape person-centred, trauma-informed responses for this cohort.
Who can participate?
You may be eligible to participate if you:
- Identify as a woman or girl,
- Live with a condition associated with gynaecological chronic pain (including but not limited to adenomyosis, adnexal mass, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), chronic endometritis, endometriosis, primary or secondary
dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, hydrosalpinx, leiomyoma, ovarian remnant syndrome, pelvic adhesive disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome and vulvodynia), - Were aged 12 or over at the time of ambulance attendance, and
- Recall a time when you have been treated by paramedics for chronic pelvic pain.
What does the research involve?
If you agree to participate, you will be asked to complete a short, anonymous demographic questionnaire (approximate duration 5 minutes) and participate in one confidential, semi-structured interview (via Zoom conferencing; approximate duration 45- 60 minutes).
The questions will explore your experiences of living with pelvic pain, times you have needed to call an ambulance for pain flares, how your pain was managed during those times and what you think could improve care in these situations.
How do I get involved?
Click on the survey link below or e-mail Lucinda.Peacock1@monash.edu