Incidental findings on non-contrast abdominal computed tomography in an asymptomatic population: Prevalence, economic and health implications
Fig 2
‘Emotional Distress’ (A) and ‘Level of Concern’ (B) across CT findings categories.
Box plots illustrating the distributions of ‘Emotional Distress’ (A) and ‘Level of Concern’ (B) across CT findings categories: ‘No finding’, ‘No follow-up’ and ‘Follow-up’. Emotional distress was assessed with the question, “How much did the results of your CT examination affect you emotionally (scale 1-10) (e.g., having feelings of fear, agitation, or depression)?”, and level of concern was gauged by asking, “How worried were you about receiving the results of your CT examination (scale 1-10)?”. Statistical significance, as determined by Kruskal-Wallis test, is denoted above the relevant groups with *representing a p-value threshold of p < 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01 and ***p ≤ 0.001.