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. 2022 Feb 18;95(1134):20210779. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20210779

Table 3.

Patient experience from matched questionnaires, questions answered using VAS

CE-DBT (mean ± SD) MRI (mean ± SD) p
Anxiety (full data set) 6.45 ± 8.06 16.91 ± 20.77 0.003
Anxiety (pre-treatment only) 9.08 ± 9.31 22.92 ± 23.78 0.015
Breast pain (full dataset) 11.14 ± 18.60 3.86 ± 9.92 0.011
Breast pain (pre-treatment only) 14.23 ± 22.90 5.92 ± 12.54 0.155

CE-DBT, contrast-enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis; VAS, visual analogue scale.