Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammography Staffs about the Principles of Protection against Ionizing Radiation
Purpose: Radiographers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice and their implementation in their daily routines, play a significant role in radiation protection. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the radiographers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) about radiation protection. Materials and...
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| author | Mohamad Pursamimi Hadi Hasanzadeh Majid Jadidi Majid Mirmohammadkhani Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi Alireza Emadi Mitra Bokharaeian Fatemeh Shabani Hamed Masoumi Danial Seifi Tahereh Khani Shima Moshfegh Athar Ehtiati |
| author_facet | Mohamad Pursamimi Hadi Hasanzadeh Majid Jadidi Majid Mirmohammadkhani Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi Alireza Emadi Mitra Bokharaeian Fatemeh Shabani Hamed Masoumi Danial Seifi Tahereh Khani Shima Moshfegh Athar Ehtiati |
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| description | Purpose: Radiographers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice and their implementation in their daily routines, play a significant role in radiation protection. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the radiographers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) about radiation protection.
Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in 10 provinces of Iran in 2014-2015 and respondents in this study were 172 personnel of mammography departments. A validated questionnaire was designed to be used in a descriptive, cross-sectional study to examine radiographers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about radiation protection in selected imaging centers in Iran in 2014-2015. Data gathered via the questionnaire involved some demographic information consisting of the specialty, job title, expertise in years, time passed since graduation, gender, type of centers, including educational, non-educational and private.
Results: The results indicate no significant difference between two genders (p-value=0.067), educational age (p-value=0.862) and practice age (p-value=0.415). Moreover, there was no significant difference in type of hospital (Educational, Non educational and Private clinic) (p-value=0.159), but it was indicated that there was significant difference between regions (Capital, Center, East, North and West) (p-value=0.003).
Conclusion: Our study showed that knowledge, practice and attitude of mammography personnel were not enough. Therefore, continuous and complete educational programs, including principles of radiation protection is required for radiology staffs and the importance of these programs should be considered differently around the country. The findings of this study can help to develop educational policies in order to balance the status of knowledge concerning radiation protection and its potential hazards in different regions of Iran. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51ac54500ede403191621120c0839d1e2022-12-22T01:23:22ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesFrontiers in Biomedical Technologies2345-58372018-12-0153-4Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammography Staffs about the Principles of Protection against Ionizing RadiationMohamad Pursamimi0Hadi Hasanzadeh1Majid Jadidi2Majid Mirmohammadkhani3Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi4Alireza Emadi5Mitra Bokharaeian6Fatemeh Shabani7Hamed Masoumi8Danial Seifi9Tahereh Khani10Shima Moshfegh11Athar Ehtiati12Student Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. AND Department of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranDepartment of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. AND Cancer Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranDepartment of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranCardiovascular Interventional Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AND Echocardiography Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDeputy of Research and Technology, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranStudent Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. AND Department of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranStudent Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. AND Department of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, IranStudent Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. AND Department of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranStudent Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. AND Department of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranStudent Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. AND Department of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranStudent Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. AND Department of Medical Physics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranPurpose: Radiographers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice and their implementation in their daily routines, play a significant role in radiation protection. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the radiographers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) about radiation protection. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in 10 provinces of Iran in 2014-2015 and respondents in this study were 172 personnel of mammography departments. A validated questionnaire was designed to be used in a descriptive, cross-sectional study to examine radiographers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about radiation protection in selected imaging centers in Iran in 2014-2015. Data gathered via the questionnaire involved some demographic information consisting of the specialty, job title, expertise in years, time passed since graduation, gender, type of centers, including educational, non-educational and private. Results: The results indicate no significant difference between two genders (p-value=0.067), educational age (p-value=0.862) and practice age (p-value=0.415). Moreover, there was no significant difference in type of hospital (Educational, Non educational and Private clinic) (p-value=0.159), but it was indicated that there was significant difference between regions (Capital, Center, East, North and West) (p-value=0.003). Conclusion: Our study showed that knowledge, practice and attitude of mammography personnel were not enough. Therefore, continuous and complete educational programs, including principles of radiation protection is required for radiology staffs and the importance of these programs should be considered differently around the country. The findings of this study can help to develop educational policies in order to balance the status of knowledge concerning radiation protection and its potential hazards in different regions of Iran.https://fbt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fbt/article/view/181MammographyRadiation ProtectionKnowledgeAttitudePractice |
| spellingShingle | Mohamad Pursamimi Hadi Hasanzadeh Majid Jadidi Majid Mirmohammadkhani Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi Alireza Emadi Mitra Bokharaeian Fatemeh Shabani Hamed Masoumi Danial Seifi Tahereh Khani Shima Moshfegh Athar Ehtiati Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammography Staffs about the Principles of Protection against Ionizing Radiation Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies Mammography Radiation Protection Knowledge Attitude Practice |
| title | Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammography Staffs about the Principles of Protection against Ionizing Radiation |
| title_full | Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammography Staffs about the Principles of Protection against Ionizing Radiation |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammography Staffs about the Principles of Protection against Ionizing Radiation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammography Staffs about the Principles of Protection against Ionizing Radiation |
| title_short | Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammography Staffs about the Principles of Protection against Ionizing Radiation |
| title_sort | assessing the knowledge attitude and practice of mammography staffs about the principles of protection against ionizing radiation |
| topic | Mammography Radiation Protection Knowledge Attitude Practice |
| url | https://fbt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fbt/article/view/181 |
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