Referral physicians’ knowledge of radiation dose: A cross-sectional study
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2020
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Rawashdeh, M.
Saade, C.
Ibnian, A.
Bataineh, Z.
Al Mousa, D. S.
Brennan, P.
Al-Tamimi, F.
Al-Husari, M.
Abutaimai, R.
McEntee, Mark F.
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Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
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AIM: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the knowledge of referring physicians of general practitioners, residents, and medical specialists in Jordan and the Middle East on radiation dose and its impact on vulnerable patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Institutional Review Board approved this study before data collection. A crosssectional study employed questionnaire that was distributed to respondents (n = 293) of general practitioners, residents, specialists, and therapists. The questionnaire consisted of 29 questions. Nine questions concerned with demographics and the remaining 20 questions were divided into five sections: Radiation dose, ionizing radiation, pediatric radiation, pregnant women radiation, and radiation risks. The mean score was computed out of 20. Chisquared test of independence was utilized to analyze each question. To compare the responses between the demographic variables groups, Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney tests were used. RESULTS: Out of the 293 respondents, 128 (43.7%) were aware of radiation. The average score of the questionnaire was 9.5 out of 20 (47.5%). Within each section, the level of knowledge varied. Physicians had the highest level of knowledge in radiation risk (85.7%) followed by ionizing radiation (62.1%). The questionnaire revealed lower levels of knowledge in the areas of pediatric radiation, pregnant women radiation, and radiation dose. The percentages of respondents, (with fair to good level of knowledge), were 47.1%, 34.5%, and 24.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The results of this study were consistent with previous studies that demonstrated a poor level of general knowledge in referring physicians regarding radiation dose, ionizing radiation, pediatric radiation, pregnant women radiation, and radiation risks. © 2020 Mohammad Rawashdeh, Charbel Saade, Ali Ibnian, Ziad Bataineh, Dana S. Al Mousa, Patrick Brennan, Feda Al-Tamimi, Maryam Al-Husari, Rula AbuTaimai, Mark McEntee.
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Radiation damage , Radiation dose , Radiation protection , Radiation risk
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Rawashdeh, M., Saade, C., Ibnian, A., Bataineh, Z., Al Mousa, D., Brennan, P. C., Al-Tamimi, F., Al-Husari, M., AbuTaimai, R. and McEntee, M. (2020) 'Referral physicians' knowledge of radiation dose: A cross-sectional study', Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 8(E), pp.582-588. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2020.4727