Mammography is widely used for the early
detection and diagnosis of breast diseases in women. However, breast
compression and immobilization during mammography usually give a pain to the
examinee. It is believed that mammography causes not only physical burden but
also psychological distress to patients. Some recent investigations revealed
that communication robot can improve the situation by engender positive mental
effects, such as pleasure and relaxation. This paper aims to explore effects of
the communication robot on distress reduction in mammography. It suggested that
communication with a robot before mammography would yield positive emotions and
it would be related to the pain alleviation during mammography.
Article
by Yongbum Lee, Mieko Uchiyama, Akira Hasegawa, Rika Saitoh, from from Niigata University, Japan.
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