The effect of multimedia health education on pain and anxiety in women undergoing mammography in Taiwan

Kuo, Ching-Pyng; Li, Pei-Ching; Chuang, Hsiao-Ling; Lee, Shu-Hsin; Liao, Wei-Chuan; Lee, Maw‐Sheng

doi:10.1016/j.tjog.2021.09.021

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“…Pain has a wide behavioral and emotional influence, although being just one of many difficulties in the intricate interaction of ideas, authorities, emotions, and workplace conflicts that perpetuates mammography. In addition to potentially improving patient and front-line professional experiences, greater and more organized focus on pain management may also increase the efficacy of diagnostic procedures (Kuo et al, 2021). Prior to each stage of the mammography procedure, the researcher gave the women in the distraction group more precise sensory and procedural instructions.…”

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Distraction Techniques on Alleviating Pain and Anxiety in Women Undergoing Screening Mammography

Ghareeb Ahmed Ebrahim,

Mostafa Abd El-Aty Ibrahim,

Abdel–Fatah Mohamed Shehata

et al. 2024

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Background: Mammography is the most useful test for detecting the growth of breast tumors. Regular screening mammograms for women can reduce the death rate from breast tumor progression. Aim: Assess the effectiveness of distraction techniques on alleviating pain and anxiety in women undergoing screening mammography. Subjects and method: Design: A prospective, randomized controlled trial research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in Al-Iman Center at Al-Tadamon Hospital in Port Said city. Subjects: One hundred women were randomly assigned to two equal groups as part of a purposive sample. Tools of the study: Three instruments were employed to collect data for the purpose of research. Structured interviews, The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and The numerical pain rating scale (NRS). Results: Having a painful examination and being afraid of radiation are the biggest obstacles to mammography. In terms of pain, the results showed that the distraction group's mean pain score decreased to 2.82±2.037 as compared to 5.22±1.788 in the control group, with a significant difference between the two groups (p=0.00). Furthermore, a drop in the distraction group's mean anxiety score was noted in comparison to the control group (7.12±4.397 & 7.88±4.059, respectively), with no statistically significant differences between the two groups (p=0.37). Conclusion: Distraction techniques are a useful and recommended technique to help women cope with their discomfort and anxiety during breast tumor screening mammograms. Recommendation: It is recommended that this should include into formal work protocols, procedural guidelines, training curricula, and performance evaluation standards for radiographers.

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Distraction Techniques on Alleviating Pain and Anxiety in Women Undergoing Screening Mammography

Ghareeb Ahmed Ebrahim,

Mostafa Abd El-Aty Ibrahim,

Abdel–Fatah Mohamed Shehata

et al. 2024

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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“…[10] In addition, women could be less eager to screen because of the discomfort of getting mammograms. [11] Therefore, there may be a tendency for examinations in which there is no pain caused by compression or avoidance of screening. However, mammography is an essential component of breast cancer screening.…”

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Pain During Mammography: A Prospective Cohort Study

Karakaya

2023

Comprehensive Med

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Objective: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Mammography screening is crucial for early detection. However, breast compression can cause pain and may impact patients' participation. In this study, we aimed to determine the pain level perceived by patients during mammography examination with the visual analog scale (VAS). Materials and Methods:The study included a total of 140 consecutive patients (all female, mean age of 51±9, between 35 and 89) who applied to the Radiology Department of a tertiary hospital and underwent mammography for screening or diagnostic purposes. Cases undergoing mammography-guided interventional procedures were not included. Immediately, after mammography, patients were asked to rate their pain levels under the compression effect of mammography on the VAS in a face-to-face interview with an anesthesiologist. A statistical analysis was performed to determine the association between the breast pattern, applied pressure, the results of the mammogram, and the VAS score.Results: About 66% of the patients stated that they felt 4 or more pain during mammography compression. The median VAS was 5 (interquantile range: 4). Breast patterns affected the VAS score. The VAS score of 57% of the patients with fatty breasts and 77% of the patients with dense breasts reported pain with a VAS of 4 and above (Pearson Chi-square, p=0.01). Applied pressure (p=0.07) or the mammography results (p=0.31) did not affect the VAS score. Conclusion:Mammography is a moderately painful procedure. It is necessary to use pain-relieving strategies to stop women from avoiding mammography. All appropriate medical interventions, including algology, should be used in this situation.

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“…In addition to health education leaflets and instructional manuals, multimedia health education should be incorporated into routine clinical teaching models to improve patients’ quality of care and knowledge absorption [ 22 , 23 ]. For example, Kuo et al [ 24 ] have reported that using multimedia health education intervention could reduce the anxiety of people who went for mammography screening of breast cancer, but such intervention did not relief the pain during mammography. Shih et al demonstrated that the combination of multimedia with traditional routine education among pre-operative breast cancer patients displayed partial effects on anxiety reduction [ 25 ].…”

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Effectiveness of multimedia courses in improving self-care among patients with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

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Background Ninety percent of patients receiving radiation therapy experience side effects. Busy schedules and intensive health education programs may lead to incomplete education content delivery and inaccurate patient self-care implementation. This study investigated whether multimedia health education improves the accuracy of patient self-care implementation compared with paper-based education. Methods From March 11, 2020 to February 28, 2021, 110 patients were randomly divided into experimental and control groups, each comprising 55 participants. Paper-based materials were used along with multimedia materials. Radiology self-care awareness questionnaires were administered to both groups before the first treatment and on day 10. The differences in radiology self-care awareness between the two groups was analyzed with inferential statistics, independent t tests, categorical data, and Pearson’s chi-squared test. Differences between the two groups were considered significant at a p value of < 0.05. Results The treatment accuracy rate improved from 10.9 to 79.1% in the control group and from 24.8 to 98.5% in the experimental group, indicating an improvement in both groups. The difference was significant. These results indicate that the intervention could improve the effectiveness of self-care. Conclusions Participants who used pretreatment multimedia health education exhibited a higher rate of having a correct understanding of treatment self-care than did the control group. These findings can inform the development of a patient-centered cancer treatment knowledge base for improved quality of care.

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The effect of multimedia health education on pain and anxiety in women undergoing mammography in Taiwan

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Assessing the Effectiveness of Distraction Techniques on Alleviating Pain and Anxiety in Women Undergoing Screening Mammography

Assessing the Effectiveness of Distraction Techniques on Alleviating Pain and Anxiety in Women Undergoing Screening Mammography

Pain During Mammography: A Prospective Cohort Study

Effectiveness of multimedia courses in improving self-care among patients with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

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