eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Public Health Research 2327-6703 2022-03-23 10 2 63 75 10.12691/ajphr-10-2-4 AJPHR20221024 article Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan nona_nano_1712@yahoo.com 1 Somaia Ragab Eid 2 Aml ahmed Hassan 3 Kamilia Ragab Abou-Shabana 4 Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt Assistant Lecturer of Maternal & Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suief University Professor of Obstetrics and Women¡¯s Health, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University Professor of Maternity & Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt Background: A gynecological examination is a stressful event that is the women may respond negatively as a consequence of no orientation before the examination. Aim: The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Pre-Gynecological Examination Counseling on Relieving Women¡¯s Pain, Discomfort, and enhancing their satisfaction. Setting: Gynecological clinic at Beni-Suef University Hospital. Design: ¦¡ quasi-experimental study design. Sampling: ¦¡ purposive sample was 120 women (60 Study & 60 Control). Tools: (1): Counseling Interview schedule; (2): Comfort and pain scale; (3): satisfaction questionnaire; (4): VAS for pain; (5): Self-reported barriers; (6): Counseling interviewing questionnaire. Results: there was a marked improvement in knowledge, comfort, and satisfaction associated with alleviation of pain for the studied group than the control group about gynecological examination after counseling sessions with a highly statistically significant difference at (P<0.01). Conclusion: Counseling sessions regarding pre-gynecological examination had a positive effect on relieving women¡¯s pain, discomfort and enhancing their satisfaction. Recommendation: reapplication counseling sessions for gynecological clinic settings in a different area. Awareness programs must be designed and instrumented at the gynecological clinic to enhance women¡¯s satisfaction and correct their miss concepts related to the gynecological examination. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajphr/10/2/4/ajphr-10-2-4.pdf counseling women's satisfaction gynecological examination pain discomfort