Keywords:
Radiographers, Professional issues, Management, Digital radiography, CT, MR, Health policy and practice, Education, Safety, Occupational / Environmental hazards, Education and training, Patterns of Care
Authors:
D. F. E. Ganhão, L. P. Ribeiro, A. F. Abrantes, A. M. Ribeiro, K. B. Azevedo, R. P. P. Almeida, S. Rodrigues; Faro/PT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1488
Results
From the total sample of 50 radiographers,
27 (54%) were female and 23 (46%) were male,
with ages between 25 and 61 years old.
90% of them work in public imaging departments.
80% refer practicing physical activity.
The majority of respondents (82 %) reported having felt pain work-related and a smaller percentage (42 %) states have suffered accidents at work (Table 1).
The main causes of accidents at work are presented on Table 2 .
The activities that led 60,0% of radiographers claim injuries was due to the transfer of patients.
From the nine anatomic regions refered,
the most affected were the lower back in 23 cases (46.0%) and neck in 20 cases (40.8%) .
The t student test was performed for the dependent variables according to gender.
This test only presented results statistically significants for musculoskeletal lesions in the shoulders (p<0,05) (Table 3).