Patients’ anxieties and fears: a comparison between transrectal prostate biopsy and prostate MRI
On average, fear levels were moderate before mpMRI and TRUS biopsy. Patients are more afraid of TRUS biopsy than mpMRI but the differences were low. The biggest fear remains the fear of the result of the examinations independently of the method.
Authors
- Fabian Steinkohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0055-2203)
- Leonhard Gruber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3351-799X)
- Jasmin Bektić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3946-0840)
- Anna Luger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0445-8372)
- Isabel Heidegger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-5746)
- Renate Pichler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5286-9048)
- Friedrich Aigner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-0892)
Institutions
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Translational Andrology and Urology
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/tau-24-239
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42