Psychological reactions to ultrasound. Examination during pregnancy.
Twenty women underwent ultrasound examination three times during low-risk pregnancy. Before and after ultrasonography, the Symptom Questionnaire was applied to evaluate changes in psychological distress. Anxiety, depression, somatic symptoms, and hostility significantly decreased after the patients received video and verbal feedback during the first ultrasound examination. Such changes were consistently observed also during the subsequent two examinations.
Michelacci
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Division of Prenatal Pathophysiology, University of Bologna School of Medicine, Italy.
Fava
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Grandi
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Bovicelli
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Orlandi
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Trombini
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000523:psychology*