Mammography-Related Pain and Anxiety in Turkish Women: A Cross-sectional Study

Year 2021, Volume: 15 Issue: 1, 78 - 84, 09.03.2021

Neşe Çelik , Berrak Mızrak Şahin , Alaattin Ünsal , Cüneyt Çalışır , Özlem Çağan

https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.756832

Abstract

Objective: This study was carried out to determine mammography-related pain and anxiety level among women. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted was on 222 women at the Mammography Unit of Department of Radiology in a tertiary-care hospital in Turkey. Visual Analog Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and a survey form were used in the study. Results: Women in this study was determined that 70.7% experienced pain during mammography. About a quarter of women describe mammography as a painful procedure. Mammography-related pain level was found to be at the 38.40 ± 22.46 and “moderate” level among the participants. It was determined that women during mammography experienced mean 40.0 and "mild" anxiety level. There was no statistically significant difference between the frequency of pain and anxiety. Conclusion: It is the important duty of health professionals to minimize the pain experienced by women during mammography and to prevent pain from being an obstacle to mammography.

Keywords

mammography, pain, anxiety, woman

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Thanks

The authors would like to thank the participants of women in this study.

Türk Kadınlarında Mamografiye Bağlı Ağrı ve Anksiyete: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma kadınlarda mamografi ile ilişkili ağrı ve anksiyete düzeyini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Kesitsel olan bu çalışma Türkiye'de üçüncü basamak bir hastanede Radyoloji Bölümü Mamografi Birimi'nde 222 kadının katılımı ile yapılmıştır. Çalışmada Görsel Analog Skala ve Durumluk-Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri ile bir anket formu kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Bu çalışmada, kadınların % 70,7'sinin mamografi sırasında ağrı yaşadıkları belirlenmiştir. Kadınların yaklaşık dörtte biri mamografiyi acı verici bir prosedür olarak tanımlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada kadınlarda mamografiye bağlı ağrı düzeyinin 38,40 ± 22,46 ve “orta” düzeyde olduğu görülmüştür. Mamografi sırasında kadınların ortalama 40,0 ve "hafif" düzeyde kaygı yaşadıkları belirlenmiştir. Ağrı sıklığı ile kaygı arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır. Sonuç: Mamografi sırasında kadınların yaşadığı ağrıyı en aza indirmek ve ağrının kadınlar için mamografi çekimine engel olmasını önlemek sağlık profesyonellerinin önemli görevidir.

Keywords

mamografi, ağrı, kaygı, kadın

Project Number

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