Table 4 Data from the intra-procedural sheet: timing, materials, and pain level.

From: The feasibility of a complex intervention, a medical tattooing nurse-led clinic after breast cancer surgery: results from the ARCADE_M mixed-methods study

Intervention type

Mean Duration

(Min)

Top 3 areola pigments

F

Top 3 nipple pigments

F

Needles

F

Dressing

NRS scale (range)

F

First session

(N = 32)

140 (BL)

100 (ML)

1

5

7

2

1

12

7

8

9

16

8

5

7

9

3

NR

31

31

22

1

Gauze and Plaster

0–3

4–6

> 6

NR

10

4

1

17

Subsequent sessions

(N = 62)

90 (BL)

60 (ML)

1

7

5

4

2

23

7

8

9

36

26

10

7

9

3

NR

57

43

33

6

Color’s surplus application

0–3

4–6

> 6

NR

24

5

0

33

Annual follow-up session

(N = 4)

60

1

5

7

NR

2

2

2

2

7

9

NR

2

2

1

7

9

4

4

Color’s surplus application

0–3

4–6

> 6

NR

3

0

0

1