TY  - JOUR
TI  - Mammography-Related Pain and Anxiety in Turkish Women: A Cross-sectional Study
AB  - Objective: This study was carried out to determine mammography-related pain and anxiety level among women. Methods: A crosssectional study conducted was on 222 women at the Mammography Unit of Department of Radiology in a tertiary-care hospital inTurkey. Visual Analog Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and a survey form were used in the study. Results: Women in thisstudy was determined that 70.7% experienced pain during mammography. About a quarter of women describe mammography as apainful 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 statisticallysignificant difference between the frequency of pain and anxiety. Conclusion: It is the important duty of health professionals to minimizethe pain experienced by women during mammography and to prevent pain from being an obstacle to mammography
AU  - ÇELİK, Neşe
AU  - Calisir, Cuneyt
AU  - ÜNSAL, Alaettin
AU  - Mizrak Sahin, Berrak
AU  - Çağan, Özlem
DO  - 10.21763/tjfmpc.756832
PY  - 2021
JO  - Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SN  - 1307-2048
SP  - 78
EP  - 84
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/458649
ER  -