Evaluating the Value of Audio-guided Meditation During Breast Biopsy Procedures

Evaluating the Value of Audio-guided Meditation During Breast Biopsy Procedures

A prospective, non-randomized, single-center cohort study to evaluate the value of audio-guided meditation during breast biopsy procedures.

The main criterion of judgment is based on the evaluation of tolerance, which includes anxiety and pain felt. This is assessed with questionnaires (STAI-ETAT and EN) before and after the procedure.

Secondary endpoints include tolerance of additional physical pain, reduction in the number of per-procedure complications, overall satisfaction of the practitioner with the biopsy procedure, and comparison of the tolerance of the procedure in patients who practice meditation at home before the procedure

audio-guided meditation during breast biopsy procedures questionnaires (STAI-ETAT and EN) before and after the procedure.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Breast pathology requiring the performance of one (or more) breast and/or axillary micro or macrobiopsy,
• Informed patient, with collection of the non opposition

Exclusion Criteria:

• Excluded forms of the disease: biopsy concerning organs other than the breast and/or axilla
• Persons deprived of their liberty, under court protection, under curatorship or under the authority of a guardian,
• Impossibility to submit to the medical follow-up of the trial for geographical, social or psychic reasons (invalidating psychiatric disorder diagnosed of psychotic type).