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Figures
- FIGURE 1.
(Left) Uptake room without audiovisual installation (control). (Right) Uptake room with audiovisual installation (intervention).
- FIGURE 2.
Changes in anxiety and physiology during uptake period for whole cohort, including both control and intervention groups. SE = SE of within-person differences.
- FIGURE 3.
Intervention significantly lowers patient anxiety.
Tables
Characteristic Value Sex Male 49% Female 51% Age (y) Median 58 Range 18–81 Body mass index Median 24.5 Range 16.5–41.3 First visit to a PET facility 41% Return visit to a PET facility 59% Approximate timing (min) PET procedure Operation mode Audiovisual content Light rim Light spots 0–10 Technologist installs patient in uptake room Patient preparation Not shown Bright light Off 10 Technologist leaves uptake room Preview Shown Colors adapted to television content Off 12–15 Physician enters uptake room and injects 18F-FDG Injection Not shown Off On 15–45 Patient rests in solitude in uptake room Very low stimuli Not shown Static monochrome light Off 45–75 Patient rests in solitude in uptake room Low stimuli Shown Colors adapted to audiovisual content Off Measurement Feature Study part* STAI questionnaire STAI 1 and 2 Saliva sampling Salivary cortisol concentration 1 Electrocardiography Heart rate; heart rate variability 1 Electromyography Muscle activity 1 Electrodermal activity Skin conductance level 1 18F-FDG uptake Uptake in muscles; uptake in brown adipose tissue 1 and 2 ↵* Total study comprised 2 consecutive parts, including 35 and 66 unique patients successively; not all measurements were done in both parts.
Variable (unit) Mean SD Range P* STAI −1.70 3.71 23 <0.01 Cortisol (μg/dL) −0.15 0.31 1.74 0.01 Heart rate (Z) −0.75 1.00 3.70 0.01 Skin conductance (Z) 0.76 1.55 3.99 <0.01 ↵* Paired-samples t test.
