Status:
UNKNOWN
Strategy to Cope Pain and Discomfort in Mammography
Lead Sponsor:
Dow University of Health Sciences
Conditions:
Anxiety
Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
35-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Most of the women complain about the pain and discomfort during the mammography procedure. It is reported in the literature that most of the time these pain and discomfort are due to anxiety-related c...
Detailed Description
Mammography is considered a fundamental part of diagnosis in modern health care services. It provides low dose soft tissue imaging of normal structure and pathology within the breast. A mammogram can ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All females patients aged above 40 years attending Dow Radiology Department for Mammographic Examination for the first time as screening or diagnostic purposes
Exclusion
- Patients in whom additional projections such as cone compression, magnification, axillary, cleavage projection, and extended views will be acquired.
- Post-operative cases
- Women already have painful tender breast lumps.
- Patient who are unable to cooperate with us to take medication (either placebo/paracetamol)
- Patient who haven't agreed to give informed consent
- Any prior history of Paracetamol reaction and toxicity
- Lactating mothers
- Females with the previous history of mammography exam
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 21 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 20 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
632 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04381104
Start Date
November 21 2019
End Date
November 20 2020
Last Update
May 8 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Dow Institute of Radiology, Dow University of Health Sciences
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, 74200