Reduction of Patient Anxiety in PET/CT Imaging by Improving Communication Between Patient and Technologist

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FIGURE 1.
Graphic depicting each patient population in this study and subgroups within each population.
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FIGURE 2.
Wireless (left) and nonattenuating (right) call devices used in this study.
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FIGURE 3.
Cumulative percentages of positive, neutral, and negative responses for each survey question.
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Contour map of Spearman coefficients for all pairs of questions. This visual representation of correlation coefficients between questions in first population of patients is given as simple reference to show high-correlation questions vs. low-correlation questions.
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FIGURE 5.
Box plots for groups 1–3 from patient population 2 showing unexpected result that patients who were told of device before procedure experienced greater anxiety.
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FIGURE 6.
Box plots for patient population 3 showing significant decrease in measured anxiety and narrowing of inner quartile ranges with call device.

TABLE 1

Spearman Correlation Coefficients Between All Questions

	Use of device	Purpose of device	Reliability of device	Device reduced anxiety	Device improved overall hospital experience	I would request device	Communication was improved	I felt safer	Felt less alone
Use of device	1.000	0.767	0.626	0.375	0.528	0.450	0.340	0.473	0.420
Purpose of device	0.767	1.000	0.735	0.361	0.500	0.444	0.291	0.453	0.391
Reliability of device	0.626	0.735	1.000	0.332	0.377	0.392	0.321	0.447	0.376
Device reduced anxiety	0.375	0.361	0.332	1.000	0.680	0.642	0.661	0.700	0.689
Device improved overall hospital experience	0.528	0.500	0.377	0.680	1.000	0.827	0.579	0.715	0.726
I would request device	0.450	0.444	0.392	0.642	0.827	1.000	0.647	0.771	0.737
Communication was improved	0.340	0.291	0.321	0.661	0.579	0.647	1.000	0.728	0.674
I felt safer	0.473	0.453	0.447	0.700	0.715	0.771	0.728	1.000	0.847
Felt less alone	0.420	0.391	0.376	0.689	0.726	0.737	0.674	0.847	1.000

TABLE 2

Statistics for All Data Collected from Patient Population 2

TABLE 3

Statistics for All Data Collected from Patient Population 3

Directions: For the following statements, please check the box that best describes how comfortable you were…	Very uncomfortable	Uncomfortable	Neutral	Comfortable	Very comfortable
…with this type of device.	□	□	□	□	□
…with the purpose of this type of device.	□	□	□	□	□
…that this device could reliably be used for communication.	□	□	□	□	□

Directions: For the following questions, please check the box that best describes whether you agree/disagree with the following statements	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly agree
Use of this device reduced my anxiety about my imaging procedure.	□	□	□	□	□
Use of this device improved my overall hospital experience.	□	□	□	□	□
I would request this type of device for my next procedure.	□	□	□	□	□
Communication between myself and the technologist was improved.	□	□	□	□	□
I felt safer with this device than without.	□	□	□	□	□
This device made me feel less alone in the scanner room.	□	□	□	□	□