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Psychological distress and illness attitudes were investigated in women undergoing thermography and mammography by means of two self‐rating scales: the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ) and the Illness Attitude Scales (IAS). After receiving normal results from thermography, a significant decrease in anxiety, depression, somatic symptoms, hostility, worry about illness, concern about pain, and fear of dying took place. Women who, because of the thermography results, required mammography, displayed significantly less distress and fewer fears before mammography than before thermography.
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