Abstraer: Cervical myelography, by injecting contrast medium on the C1/C2-1evel, combined with a supplementary myelo-CT, still has a place, compared with MR-myelography, in the diagnosis of cervical disc diseases. But many patients are afraid of the efficient and excellent diagnostic possibilities by using cervical myelography. Therefore the intention of the study was to analyze anxiety of patients prior to cervical myelography by using objective methods and to find ways of detecting anxious patients during clinical routine. Twenty-eight patients (12 female and 16 male) volunteered in the study. After being informed about the cervical myelography one day before the examination by their physician in the ward, the patients filled a standardized questionnaire booklet (STAI X1, complaint list, analogue scales pain and quality of life) just before the myelography. Additional clinical and social data were asked. Ir became obvious that female patients are more anxious and experience less quality of life than males. Social aspects and duration of complaints have no influence on anxiety. But patients who admitted their anxiety before cervical myelography experience significant more anxiety and complaints and less quality of life. No correlation with duration of fluoroscopy was found.
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