ArticleInternational journal of women's health2017
Patient comfort from the technologist perspective: factors to consider in mammographic imaging.
Article in International journal of women's health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04009278 (Self-compression Mammography in Clinical Practice), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Self-compression Mammography in Clinical Practice: A Randomized Clinical Trial Compared to Standard Compression Mammography
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- History of Mammography: Analysis of Breast Imaging Diagnostic Achievements over the Last Century.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Patient-centered research: how do women tolerate nipple fluid aspiration as a potential screening tool for breast cancer?BMC cancer · 2022Article
- Dedicated breast CT: state of the art-Part I. Historical evolution and technical aspects.European radiology · 2022Review
- Influence of Discomfort Tolerance of Women who Undergo Mammography on the Perceived Pain Intensity Due to the Procedure.European journal of breast health · 2021Article
- A New Technical Mode in Mammography: Self-Compression Improves Satisfaction.European journal of breast health · 2019Article
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Abstract
A sample size of 280 certified mammography technologists were surveyed to understand what factors affect patient discomfort during breast imaging. Given mammography technologists' level of patient involvement, they are uniquely positioned to observe factors that affect patient comfort. The findings suggest that according to technologists, multiple factors, including patient ethnicity, breast density, previous biopsy and lumpectomy experience, as well as psychological factors, impact breast discomfort during mammography. Additionally, with respect to imaging protocols, technologists attributed 80% of moderate-to-extreme discomfort to "length of compression time" (27%) and "compression force" (53%). Technologists also attributed "pinching at chest wall" and "hard edges of breast platform" to "very high" discomfort significantly more times (
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