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Anticipated pain leads to higher preprocedure anxiety for needle biopsy patients
Patients who anticipated pain during image-guided needle biopsy of a possible bone or soft tissue tumor experienced higher anxiety preprocedure, according to results.
Researchers prospectively surveyed 65 patients who underwent image-guided needle biopsy of a possible bone or soft tissue tumor to quantify preprocedure and postprocedure levels of anxiety and pain. Researchers also determined demographic and clinical correlates of anxiety, pain and satisfaction with the use of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and VAS.
Casey Jo Humbyrd
Results showed a decrease in trait anxiety, state anxiety and pain following the procedure. Compared with patients diagnosed with a benign process, researchers found significantly higher preprocedure trait anxiety in patients diagnosed with a malignancy. Researchers also noted significant correlations between preprocedure state anxiety and anticipated pain, as well as between post-procedure state and trait anxiety and experienced pain.
Overall, 83.1% of patients were satisfied with the procedure and 15.4% were somewhat satisfied, with patients who were somewhat satisfied reporting higher levels of post-procedure pain. Researchers noted an inverse correlation between post-procedure pain and older age, as well as a trend toward increasing dissatisfaction among younger patients. – by Casey Tingle
Disclosure: The researchers report no relevant financial disclosures.