Keywords:
Quality assurance, Patterns of Care, Outcomes, Technical aspects, Physiological studies, Health policy and practice, Digital radiography, Conventional radiography, Radiographers, Professional issues
Authors:
L. Soares1, L. P. V. Ribeiro2, A. F. Abrantes3, A. M. Ribeiro3, R. P. P. Almeida1, O. Lesyuk4, C. A. Silva5; 1Faro /PT, 2Parchal/PT, 3Faro/PT, 4São Brás de Alportel/PT, 5Évora/PT
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-1601
Results
225 valid questionnaires from 2 public hospitals were obtained.
Patients aged between 24 to 85 y and diferent scholar levels and other sociodemographic data were collected (Table 1.
Results of the pilot study indicate that the adapted instrument is internally consistent,
with a high reliability scale Cronbach's alpha = 0.98.
Considering radiographers communication skills,
highest rating were obtained in following items (Table 2):
- Respect for the patients;
- Greet the patients;
- Time available to patient-centered care;
Lowest ratings were obtained in next items (Table 2):
- Involved patients in decision making process;
- Encouraged to make questions;
- Talk with patients about the next following steps;
The Pearson correlation was selected to evaluated relationships between dependent variables and shown to be positive and statistically significant at 0,01 level for all items (Table 3).
No statistically significant differences regarding the patient perception of the Radiographer Interpersonal Skills were found between hospitals.