Pain evaluation in outpatients undergoing diagnostic anesthesia-free hysteroscopy in a teaching hospital: a cohort study.

Study Objective: To evaluate and determine the main causes for pain occurrence and intensity in outpatients undergoing anesthesia-free hysteroscopy in a medical school hospital.

Design: Cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: Diagnosis Center of the Instituto Materno-Infantil de Pernambuco.