The Biopsychosocial Burden of Prostate Biopsy at the Time of Its Indication, Procedure, and Pathological Report

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:9.25em"/><col style="width:11.36em"/><col style="width:10.45em"/><col style="width:4.10em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Tools</td><td class="align_center">First biopsy (mean ± SD)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;1 biopsy (mean ± SD)</td><td class="align_center"><i>p</i> value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Emotional suffering</td><td class="align_center">0.9 ± 2.4<br/></td><td class="align_center">2.3 ± 3.3 <br/></td><td class="align_center"><i> 0.036</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Distress</td><td class="align_center">1.6 ± 2.3</td><td class="align_center">3.1 ± 3.2</td><td class="align_center"><i>0.043</i></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Thermometer scores comparison according to previous biopsy at Time 0.</div>

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Table 2: The Biopsychosocial Burden of Prostate Biopsy at the Time of Its Indication, Procedure, and Pathological Report 