Keywords:
Computer applications, Computer Applications-General
Authors:
J. M. L. Bosmans1, J. J. Weyler2, A. M. de Schepper2, P. M. Parizel2; 1Ghent, Antwerp (Edegem)/BE, 2Antwerp/BE
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2010/C-1051
Results
We received complete electronic responses from 453 specialists response rate 17.7%) and 282 general practitioners (response rate 21.3%). The total response rate was 18.9%. Age and gender distribution of the responders were in accordance with the distribution of these parameters in the medical community. 60.8 % of the specialists and 62.1 % of the general practitioners were male. The mean age of the specialists was 42.0 years (minimum 25 yrs, maximum 70 yrs, median 41 yrs, SD 11.7 yrs). The mean age of the general practitioners was 48.3 years (minimum 26 yrs, maximum 78 yrs, median 50 yrs, SD 11.7 yrs).
Barely 7.0% of the SPs and 6.9% of the GPs were of the opinion that the radiologist does not need to know the medical condition of the patient. 1.7% of the SPs and 1.1% of the GPs thought the radiologist does not need to know the clinical questions to be answered by the examination. 2.8% of the SPs and 4.0% of the GPs thought it better that the radiologist does not know too much about the patient to avoid bias. (Figures 1, 2, 3)