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      Patients' perceptions of pain and discomfort during digital rectal exam for prostate cancer screening Translated title: Percepción de dolor y molestias por el paciente durante el tacto rectal en el cribaje de cáncer de próstata

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          Objective: To evaluate patients' perception of pain and discomfort during DRE, the impact of discomfort on potential future screening compliance, and if emptying the bladder immediately before DRE reduces patient discomfort. Methods: One-hundred patients undergoing DRE for prostate cancer screening answered an anonymous questionnaire regarding pain, urinary urgency and bowel urgency during DRE and its potential impact on future examination. Another group with 100 patients was randomized in two subgroups to analyze if urinating immediately before DRE reduces patient discomfort. Results: Seventy-three (73%) patients reported moderate or higher discomfort for at least one of the domains evaluated: 61% complained of pain; 22% of urinary urgency; and 22% of bowel urgency. Emptying the bladder immediately before examination did not reduce pain (58% vs. 50%, p = 0.115), urinary urgency (22% vs. 16%, p = 0.151), or bowel urgency intensity (16% vs. 14%, p = 0.264). There was no difference in the number of patients that answered they will repeat the prostate exam next year (96% vs. 90%, p = 0.211) or in those that would encourage a friend that needs the prostate exam to do it (96% vs. 98%, p = 0.378). Conclusions: Pain and discomfort during DRE are not negligible but they do not affect intention to have a prostate exam in the future. Urinating immediately before examination does not significantly reduce the incidence of pain, urinary urgency, or bowel urgency during DRE.

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          Objetivo: Evaluar la percepción por los pacientes de dolor y molestia durante el tacto rectal, el impacto de la molestias sobre el potencial futuro cumplimiento con el "screening", y si el vaciado vesical inmediatamente anterior al tacto rectal disminuye la molestias. Métodos: 101 pacientes sometidos a tacto rectal por detección precoz de cáncer de próstata contestaron un cuestionario anónimo sobre dolor, urgencia urinaria y urgencia fecal durante el tacto rectal y su potencial impacto sobre futuros exámenes. Otro grupo de 100 pacientes fue asignado aleatoriamente a dos subgrupos para analizar si la micción inmediatamente anterior al tacto rectal reduce la molestia. Resultados: Setenta y tres (73%) de los pacientes comunicaron una molestia moderada o superior en al menos uno de los dominios evaluados: el 61% se quejaron de dolor; el 22% de urgencia miccional; y el 22% de urgencia fecal. El vaciado de la vejiga inmediatamente antes del examen no redujo el dolor (58% vs. 50%, p = 0,115), ni la urgencia urinaria (22% vs. 16%, p = 0,151) ni la intensidad de la urgencia fecal (16% vs. 14%, p = 0,264). No hubo diferencias en el número de pacientes que contestaron que repetirían el examen al siguiente año (96% vs. 90%, p = 0,211) o en el de aquellos que animarían a hacérselo a un amigo que necesitara una evaluación prostática (96% vs. 98%, p = 0,378). Conclusiones: El dolor y la molestia durante el tacto rectal no son despreciables aunque no afectan a la intención de repetir el examen en el futuro. Orinar inmediatamente antes de la exploración no reduce significativamente la incidencia de dolor, urgencia urinaria o urgencia fecal durante el tacto rectal.

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            The aim of this study was to evaluate how women experience the gynecologic examination and to assess possible factors associated with experiencing discomfort during the gynecologic examination. Consecutive patients visiting the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Glostrup County Hospital, Denmark, were invited to participate in the study, and received a postal questionnaire that included questions about the index visit, obstetric and gynecologic history and sexual abuse history. The response rate was 80% (n = 798). The degree of discomfort during the gynecologic examination was indicated on a scale from 0 to 10. Experiencing discomfort was defined as a score of 6 or more, based on the 75th percentile. Discomfort during the gynecologic examination was strongly associated with a negative emotional contact with the examiner and young age. Additionally, dissatisfaction with present sexual life, a history of sexual abuse and mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and insomnia were significantly associated with discomfort. The emotional contact between patient and examiner seemed to have great importance when focusing on discomfort during the gynecologic examination. Furthermore, we found that discomfort was associated with a number of factors that are seldom known to the gynecologists, such as sexual abuse history, mental health problems and patients' sexual life. Gynecologists need to focus on the emotional contact and to reevaluate issues for communication before the examination.
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              This study was designed to determine the effects of age by decade on the efficacy of digital rectal examination (DRE) and serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for early detection of prostate cancer in men aged fifty and over. A prospective multicenter clinical trial was conducted at six university centers. All 6,630 male volunteers underwent a serum PSA (Hybritech, Tandem) determination and DRE. Quadrant biopsies of the prostate were performed if PSA was > 4 ng/mL or DRE suspicious. A total of 1,167 biopsies were performed, and 264 cancers were detected. The cancer detection rate increased from 3 percent in men aged fifty to fifty-nine to 14 percent in men eighty years or older (p or = 70, p < 0.05). Early detection programs yield a lower, yet still substantial, cancer detection rate in younger men, and there is a greater likelihood for detection of organ-confined disease in this age range. Younger men have the longest projected life expectancy and, therefore, the most to gain from early prostate cancer detection.
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                Journal
                urol
                Archivos Españoles de Urología (Ed. impresa)
                Arch. Esp. Urol.
                INIESTARES, S.A. (Madrid )
                0004-0614
                September 2008
                : 61
                : 7
                : 850-854
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Instituto Curitiba de Saúde (ICS) Brazil
                [2 ] Hospital Policlínica Cascavel Brazil
                [3 ] Hospital Sao Vicente de Curitiba Brazil
                Article
                S0004-06142008000700018
                10.4321/s0004-06142008000700018
                b0ac4831-5f4b-4db3-aba2-2142671011bf

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY

                Urology
                Prostate cancer,Screening,Pain,Cáncer de próstata,Detección precoz,Cribado,Dolor
                Urology
                Prostate cancer, Screening, Pain, Cáncer de próstata, Detección precoz, Cribado, Dolor

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