Table 5.

Studies with discrepant results on prescan and postscan scanxiety severity using different measures

First author	Measurement tool
	Postscan reduction in scanxiety	No difference in prescan or postscan scanxiety
Sutton20	General Health Questionnaire: anxiety subscale	STAI: state anxiety subscale
	3-point Likert scale	STAI: Trait Anxiety subscale
Vierikko35	Health Anxiety Inventory	Worry about lung cancer
Hutton38	6-item STAI	HADS: anxiety subscale
Bancroft58	HADS: anxiety subscale	Cancer Worry Scale – Revised
		Health Questionnaire

HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; STAI, State Trait Anxiety Inventory.