Keywords:
Quality assurance, Education and training, Technology assessment, Health policy and practice, Diagnostic procedure, MR, Digital radiography, CT, Radiographers, Professional issues, Management
Authors:
I. Conceição1, A. F. Abrantes1, L. P. Ribeiro1, S. Rodrigues1, R. P. P. Almeida2, M. V. C. Reis1; 1Faro/PT, 2Faro /PT
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-2218
Methods and materials
A cross-sectional,
non-experimental research design was adopted,
using a self-applied questionnaire and assigned to 115 radiographers from public and private imaging departments in order to verify important barriers and attitudes regarding research in clinical practice.
The questionnaire includes 5 main sections with a total of 43 items,
according to the following:
- Section 1: sociodemographic data (7 items);
- Section 2: questions related to scientific research in the radiographer profession (13 items in a 5-point likert scale);
- Section 3: questions related to the Radiographers involvement and experience in scientific research (9 items)
- Section 4: questions related to the Radiographers capabilities regarding scientific research (11 items);
- Section 5: questions about the Radiographers interest regarding the research teams (3 items);
The questionnaire used in this study was adapted from the original developed by Kristin et al (2012),in the study "Clinical nurses' attitudes toward research,
management and organizational resources in a university hospital: part 1".
The authorization for the application of this instrument was provided by the original author through electronic correspondence,
and their validation for the Portuguese language was performed through the translation-retranslation method.
The independent variable is the radiographer participation and involvement in scientific research activities and the dependent variables are the radiographer knowledge and interest in scientific research,
the importance of research in the radiographer professional activity,
factors and barriers in the radiographer involvement regarding research and the capacities and orientation of research in the work.
The following interfering variables were also considered: professional level,
place of work,
professional experience,
academic qualifications and the existence or absence of previous training regarding scientific research.
Data were interpreted and statistically analyzed through descriptive statistics.
Chi-square,
Spearman and Mann-Whitney tests were also performed.