title: Relaxation techniques for reducing pain and anxiety during screening mammography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine whether listening to a relaxation audiotape before and during mammography decreases subjective reports of pain and anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Listening to a relaxation or music audiotape before and during mammography does not reduce subjective reports of anxiety or pain. Women undergoing screening mammography report minimal levels of distress.
authors.affiliation: Boston IVF, Mind/Body Center for Women's Health, 40 Second Ave., Ste. 300, Waltham, MA 02451, USA.
authors.forename: Alice D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Domar
authors.forename: Aimee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eyvazzadeh
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orav
authors.forename: Nile
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Albright
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baum
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000523:psychology*; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires