Approaches of dentomaxillofacial and medical radiologists about reporting
Objectives: Radiological reporting is a relatively new and challenging issue in dentomaxillofacial radiology, whereas it has been performed so many years in medical radiology. The purpose of this study is to compare approaches of dentomaxillofacial and medical radiologists regarding radiology report...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cumhuriyet University
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Cumhuriyet Dental Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/463784 |
| Summary: | Objectives: Radiological reporting is
a relatively new and challenging issue in dentomaxillofacial radiology, whereas
it has been performed so many years in medical radiology. The purpose of
this study is to compare approaches of dentomaxillofacial and medical
radiologists regarding radiology reporting.
Materials
and Methods: Dentomaxillofacial and medical radiologists were invited by e-mail. The
participants filled a survey regarding the features of their own radiology
reports. The study was based on two independent groups (dentomaxillofacial and
medical radiologists). Mann-Whitney U test was used for two independent groups.
Results: 285 radiologists in total
(115 dentomaxillofacial and 170 medical radiologists) participated in this
survey. Structured radiologic reports were mostly preferred by both
dentomaxillofacial (53.9%) and medical radiologists (77%), but statistically
significant difference was found between two groups (p<0.05). Although dentomaxillofacial
(79.1%) and medical (81.2%) radiologists mostly reported that their own reports
consisted of separate headings as clinical information, findings and
conclusion, there was a statistically significant difference between two groups
(p<0.05). The majority of dentomaxillofacial (99.1%) and medical (99.4%)
radiologists agreed regarding radiology training programs should include
radiology report construction.
Conclusion:
This is the first study pointing out the approaches of dentomaxillofacial
radiologists about reporting. Good radiological reporting is a relatively new
task for dentomaxillofacial radiologists compared to medical radiologists. This
study showed that the approaches of dentomaxillofacial and medical radiologists
were similar regarding radiological reports. |
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| ISSN: | 1302-5805 2146-2852 |