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Inventi Impact: Cancer Nursing

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  • Inventi:hccn/22892/17
    Anxiety in Cancer Patients during 18F-FDG PET/CT Low Dose: A Comparison of Anxiety Levels before\nand after Imaging Studies
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2017 : July - September
    Ana Grilo, Lina Vieira, Elisabete Carolino, Catia Oliveira, Carolina Pacheco, Maria Castro, Juan Alonso

    Objective. Assessing the level of anxiety in oncology patients who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT low dose scan and identifying the\nmain reasons that generate anxiety.Material andMethod.The study included 81 cancer patients submitted to the 18F-FDG PET/CT\nlow dose scan. Patients filled in the Scan Experience Questionnaire and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) before and after\n18F-FDG PET/CT low dose scan. Results. Substantial levels of anxiety were detected both before and after 18F-FDG PET/CT low\ndose scan (STAI mean > 30), with a significant increase in the state of anxiety after scan performance (

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Ana Grilo, Lina Vieira, Elisabete Carolino, et al., â??Anxiety in Cancer Patients during 18F-FDG PET/CT Low Dose: A\nComparison of Anxiety Levels before and after Imaging Studies,â? Nursing Research and Practice, vol. 2017, Article ID 3057495, 9 pages,\n2017. doi:10.1155/2017/3057495, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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