Determinants of pain and discomfort during mammography

Predictive factors of discomfort and faintness during mammography

Pain during mammography: impact of breast pathologies and demographic factors.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to systematically assess the pain experienced by patients undergoing mammography for various clinical presentations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Two hundred and twenty-five patients aged 25-85 years (45.43 +/- 8.25 years) presenting for mammography were included in the study. Presenting symptoms and clinical diagnosis were provided by the referring physicians and...

Catastrophic thinking about pain increases discomfort during internal atrial cardioversion.

OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether pain catastrophizing is associated with distress and perceived disability in patients with atrial fibrillation, whether pain catastrophizing predicts pain and fear during a medical procedure of atrial cardioversion, and whether pain catastrophizing influences the effects of an opioid analgesic during internal cardioversion. METHODS A secondary analys...

Quantitative Analysis of Pain during Mammography Using Electrical Stimulation

In order to quantitatively measure the degree of pain during mammography, we used a visual analog scale (VAS) and a device for quantitative analysis of perception and pain and performed regression analysis of the relationship between pain degree and VAS score. Twenty-four subjects underwent a typical mammogram and we found no correlation between pain degree using the device compared with VAS sc...

Individual and regional determinants of mammography uptake.

BACKGROUND Analysis of mammography utilization has traditionally been performed from an individual-level perspective. The purpose of this study was to explore the combined influence of individual- and regional-level determinants of mammography utilization. METHODS Logistic hierarchical multilevel modelling was used to investigate the influences of region of residence and individual characteri...