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Review: preprocedure information, breast cushions, and patient-controlled breast compression reduce mammography pain

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.11.4.111

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    D Miller

    Dr D Miller, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; dawn.miller@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

    QUESTION

    How effective are interventions for reducing the pain of screening mammography?

    REVIEW SCOPE

    Studies selected compared interventions to reduce the pain or discomfort of screening mammography (eg, interventions preparing women before the mammogram, affecting staff or the physical environment of the screening facility, or altering aspects of the examination procedure) with placebo or usual care in women of any age. Outcomes were pain or discomfort of the procedure and image quality of the mammogram.

    REVIEW METHODS

    Specialised Register of the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group, Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and CINAHL (to 2006); and Current Controlled Trials and UK National Research Register (to …

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    • Source of funding: no external funding.