Assessment of Level of Anxiety and Pain: A Case Study of Mammographic Examination at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
1Chiaghanam N. O.; 2Hassan J. M.& 2Farouk H. U.
1Department of Radiography and Radiological Science, University of Calabar, Calabar
2Department of Medical Radiography and Radiological Science, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri
Email: nochiaghanamm@gmail.com
Corresponding Author: Chiaghanam N. O
ABSTRACT
Assessment of level of anxiety and pain: A case study of mammographic examination at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital helps to identify the causes of anxiety and pain among women presenting for mammography and to determine factors associated with anxiety and pain among the study group. A total number of thirty (30) questionnaires were administered to 30 women waiting to undergo mammography. The questionnaire consists of demographic data about the subjects with Likert scale of anxiety administered both before and after the procedure whereas visual analogue scale utilized after the examination to assess level of pain. Generally the study shows that nineteen participants (63.6%) were noted to have anxiety prior to the procedure as opposed to 11 (36.7%) who were free of anxiety before the procedure. In addition, there was reduction of anxiety to 50% after procedure with equal number of participants assessed to be free of anxiety post-procedure. Sixteen patients (86.7%) were assessed to have experienced various levels of pain after the procedure. The proportions of various levels of pain comprising mild, moderate, severe were 56.7%, 23.3% and 6.7% respectively. The study found a significant proportion of women with anxiety during mammography and an equally significant numbers experiencing pain related to the procedure. In addition, education had significant influence on the reasons for mammography (p Value 0.036) but it had no influence on benefits of mammography, pre-procedure anxiety, post-procedure anxiety and post-procedure pain as the p Values recorded were, 0.682, 0.422, 0.128 and 0.362 respectively.
