Table 2.
Reported burden scores (1 ‘none’, 2 ‘little’, 3 ‘quite’, 4 ‘very’, and 5 ‘very much’) for anxiety, embarrassment, discomfort, and their total for all staging procedures
| Score | Average | SD | Significance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| US | anxiety | 56 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | EUS p = 0.01 | CT p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.76 |
| embarrassment | 60 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | EUS p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.06 | PET p = 0.24 | |
| discomfort | 62 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | EUS p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.06 | PET p = 0.01 | |
| total | 4.2 | 2.0 | EUS p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.11 | ||||||
| EUS | anxiety | 47 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | US p = 0.01 | CT p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.03 |
| embarrassment | 36 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | US p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.00 | |
| discomfort | 28 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | US p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.00 | |
| total | 5.6 | 2.6 | US p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.00 | ||||||
| CT | anxiety | 71 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | US p = 0.00 | EUS p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.01 |
| embarrassment | 62 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | US p = 0.06 | EUS p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.00 | |
| discomfort | 68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | US p = 0.06 | EUS p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.00 | |
| total | 3.7 | 1.3 | US p = 0.00 | EUS p = 0.00 | PET p = 0.00 | ||||||
| PET | anxiety | 63 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | US p = 0.76 | EUS p = 0.03 | CT p = 0.01 |
| embarrassment | 53 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | US p = 0.24 | EUS p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.00 | |
| discomfort | 44 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | US p = 0.01 | EUS p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.00 | |
| total | 4.6 | 2.2 | US p = 0.11 | EUS p = 0.00 | CT p = 0.00 | ||||||
Abbreviations: US, ultrasonography; EUS, endoscopic ultrasonography; CT, computed tomography; PET, positron emission tomography; SD, standard deviation.
Notes: Significance of differences between the scores of the staging procedures are mentioned in the last column.