14 March 2024: Clinical Research
Comparison of Presentation Types and Clinical Findings of Rural and Urban Patients with Mastalgia: A Retrospective Analysis of 730 Patients from Turkey
Gultekin Ozan Kucuk ABCDEF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.943448
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943448
Table 2 Pain characteristics of patients and comparisons by rural vs urban location.
| Pain characteristics | Total (n=730) | Rural (n=232) | Urban (n=498) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain type | ||||
| Cyclic | 280 (38.4%) | 70 (30.2%) | 210 (42.2%) | 0.002b |
| Non-cyclic | 450 (61.6%) | 162 (69.8%) | 288 (57.8%) | |
| Pain location | ||||
| Right | 201 (27.5%) | 70 (30.2%) | 131 (26.3%) | 0.283b |
| Left | 387 (53.0%) | 124 (53.4%) | 263 (52.8%) | |
| Bilateral | 142 (19.5%) | 38 (16.4%) | 104 (20.9%) | |
| Pain distribution on breast | ||||
| Focal pain (less than 25%) | 133 (18.2%) | 41 (17.7%) | 92 (18.5%) | 0.794b |
| Diffuse pain | 597 (81.8%) | 191 (82.3%) | 406 (81.5%) | |
| Duration of pain (months) | 3 (0.03–240) | 5 (0.03–180) | 3 (0.03–240) | 0.227a |
| Nipple-areola complex pain | ||||
| Yes | 57 (7.8%) | 24 (10.3%) | 33 (6.6%) | 0.111c |
| No. | 673 (92.2%) | 208 (89.79%) | 465 (93.4%) | |
| Isolated breast or radiating pain | ||||
| Isolated breast pain | 293 (40.1%) | 96 (41.4%) | 197 (39.6%) | 0.640b |
| Radiating pain | 437 (59.9%) | 136 (58.6%) | 301 (60.4%) | |
| Pain score | ||||
| 1: no effect on daily life | 405 (55.5%) | 127 (54.7%) | 278 (55.8%) | 0.520b |
| 2: slight effect on daily life | 162 (22.2%) | 57 (24.6%) | 105 (21.1%) | |
| 3: affects sleep or admits emergency | 163 (22.3%) | 48 (20.7%) | 115 (23.1%) | |
| Breast quadrant pain localizations | ||||
| Right upper-outer quadrant | 288 (39.5%) | 100 (43.1%) | 188 (37.8%) | 0.168b |
| Right upper inner quadrant | 134 (18.4%) | 51 (22.0%) | 83 (16.7%) | 0.084b |
| Right lower-outer quadrant | 240 (32.9%) | 74 (31.9%) | 166 (33.3%) | 0.700b |
| Right lower-inner quadrant | 113 (15.5%) | 42 (18.1%) | 71 (14.3%) | 0.181b |
| Left upper-inner quadrant | 193 (26.4%) | 75 (32.3%) | 118 (23.7%) | 0.014b |
| Left upper-outer quadrant | 430 (58.9%) | 136 (58.6%) | 294 (59.0%) | 0.915b |
| Left lower-inner quadrant | 177 (24.2%) | 64 (27.6%) | 113 (22.7%) | 0.151b |
| Left lower-outer quadrant | 360 (49.3%) | 106 (45.7%) | 254 (51.0%) | 0.181b |
| Descriptive statistics of non-normal distributed numerical variables are presented as median (minimum value-maximum value). a Mann-Whitney U test; b Pearson’s chi-square test; c Yates continuity correction; d Fisher’s exact test. * ** | ||||