Table 1.

Perceptions and understandings towards ultrasound-guided lymph node biopsy sampling before the procedure

	Overall, n = 50	RA, n = 34	RA-risk, n = 8	HC, n = 8
Anxiousness	16 [3–44]	13 [3–48]	20 [3–47]	16 [2–20]
Dreading the procedure	15 [3–48]	14 [3–42]	19 [1–72]	17 [2–44]
Understanding of goal and background	92 [83–98]	94 [87–99]	86 [78–91]	84 [70–99]
Understanding of what to expect during the procedure	89 [76–97]	91 [74–98]	85 [79–90]	83 [71–97]
Understanding of possible complications	90 [83–98]	94 [84–99]	86 [85–99]	83 [70–91]
Understanding of aftercare	90 [79–98]	92 [77–99]	86 [82–92]	89 [70–91]

The questions were scored on a visual analog scale of 0–100. The median and interquartile ranges are shown

RA rheumatoid arthritis patients, RA-risk individuals at risk for developing RA, HC healthy controls