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Shimazu H., Seino, S.-I., Kato, S., Kobayashi, H. and Akimoto, M. (2005) Development of a Quantitative Measurement Method for the Magnitude of Pain Using Painless Electrical Stimulation and Its Evaluation Using Experimental Pain. Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, 43, 117-123.

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• TITLE: Quantitative Analysis of Pain during Mammography Using Electrical Stimulation

  AUTHORS: Mieko Uchiyama, Yongbum Lee, Utako Shimizu, Rika Saitoh

  KEYWORDS: Mammography, Pain Degree, Electrical Stimulation, Visual Analog Scale

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Nursing, Vol.5 No.9, September 21, 2015

  ABSTRACT: In order to quantitatively measure the degree of pain during mammography, we used a visual analog scale (VAS) and a device for quantitative analysis of perception and pain and performed regression analysis of the relationship between pain degree and VAS score. Twenty-four subjects underwent a typical mammogram and we found no correlation between pain degree using the device compared with VAS scoring. It is presumed that the system enables quantitative measurement and comparison more accurately than subjective markers such as VAS in quantitation of a pain produced in an examination with clearly defined physical size (such as mammography).