From: Humor in radiological breast cancer screening: a way of improving patient service?
Question | Answers | Humor group (n = 66) | Non-humor group (n = 66) | p-value |
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1. Do you recall the name of your radiologist? | Yes No | Yes (n = 56/85%) No (n = 10/15%) | Yes (n = 20/30%) No (n = 46/70%) | < 0.001 |
2. How competent did the radiologist seem to you? | Scale from 1 to 5 | 4.91 ± 0.29 – 5; [5, 5] | 4.82 ± 0.46 – 5; [5, 5] | 0.094 |
3. How did you feel during the routine breast examination? | Scale from 1 to 5 | 4.86 ± 0.39 – 5; [5, 5] | 4.74 ± 0.64 – 5; [5, 5] | 0.247 |
4. If you could decide for yourself which radiology institution you would like to be examined in, would you come back to us? | 1.) Yes, I would only come to you in the future. 2.) I don’t care where my gynecologist sends me. 3.) No, I’m going to a different radiology institute. | Answer 1 (n = 63) Answer 2 (n = 2) Answer 3 (n = 1) | Answer 1 (n = 65) Answer 2 (n = 1) Answer 3 (n = 0) | 0.619 |
5. How important was the final discussion with the radiologist for you? | Scale from 1 to 5 | 4.67 ± 0.73 – 5; [5, 5] | 4.24 ± 1.1 – 5 [4, 5] | 0.017 |
6. Were you scared during your routine breast exam? (n = 41 for the humor group and n = 31 for the non-humor group) | Yes No | Yes (n = 7) No (n = 34) | Yes (n = 10) No (n = 21) | 0.166 |
7. How satisfied were you with our radiological services in general? | Scale 1–5 | 4.89 ± 0.4 – 5; [5, 5] | 4.86 ± 0.39 – 5; [5, 5] | 0.413 |
8. How empathetic did the radiologist seem to you? | Scale 1–5 | 4.94 ± 0.24 – 5; [5, 5] | 4.59 ± 0.64 – 5; [4, 5] | < 0.001 |
9. How humorous did the radiologist seem to you? | Scale 1–5 | 4.91 ± 0.29 – 5; [5, 5] | 2.26 ± 1.43 – 1; [1, 4] | < 0.001 |