Impact of patient-controlled compression on the mammography experience.
Impact of patient-controlled compression on the mammography experience.
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患者控制的压力对乳房 X 光检查体验的影响。
DOI：
10.1148/radiology.186.1.8416595
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发表时间：
1993
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影响因子：
19.7
通讯作者：
Judy S. Brackett
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作者：
P. Kornguth;B. Rimer;M. Conaway;D. Sullivan;Karen E. Catoe;A. Stout;Judy S. Brackett
The authors tested the hypothesis that giving women control over the compression portion of the mammography examination results in a less painful experience, greater overall patient satisfaction, and a radiographic image as good as that produced by means of technologist-controlled compression. One hundred nine women undergoing screening mammography at a hospital-based outpatient clinic were studied. Each underwent two-view, screen-film mammography performed in routine fashion except that, by random assignment, one breast was compressed by the technologist and the other breast, by the patient. Patient-controlled compression was significantly (P = .003) less painful than technologist-controlled compression. Overall patient satisfaction (96% [105 of 109]) and willingness to repeat the experience were extremely high. The majority of images (93.5% [202 of 216]) were rated as having good to excellent compression. With minimal patient education, self-compression resulted in an image at least as good as that produced with technologist-applied compression. Further study of this technique is warranted.
