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Rates and Correlates of Discomfort Associated with Mammography¹

¹ From the Graduate School of Public Health, Hardy Tower 119, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-4162. Received November 5, 1998; revision requested December 10; revision received April 6, 1999; accepted April 27. Supported in part by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command under grant no. DAMD-17-94-J-4360. Address reprint requests to J.A.M. (e-mail: jmayer@mail.sdsu.edu).

PURPOSE: To explore the rates and correlates of discomfort at mammography in asymptomatic women aged 50–74 years from six San Diego, Calif, mammography facilities.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Subjects (N = 1,800) completed a 43-item telephone interview approximately 3 weeks after screening mammography. Bivariate associations between variables were analyzed with ² analysis. Logistic regression was used to assess the independent predictors of discomfort at mammography while controlling for all other factors.

RESULTS: Nine hundred thirty-three (52%) women reported moderate to extreme discomfort at mammography. Discomfort was not related to the intention to undergo future mammography (P = .95). Factors that were significantly associated with discomfort in multivariate analyses were facility (P < .001), satisfaction with care (P < .04), and perception of the technologist's "roughness" (P < .001).

CONCLUSION: Discomfort, although not related to the intention to undergo future mammography, had a relatively high incidence.

Index terms: Breast, 00.11 • Breast radiography, 00.11 • Cancer screening, 00.11

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