Keywords:
Safety, Digital radiography, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Statistics, Biological effects
Authors:
A. Matković, L. Ištvanović, M. Drinkovic, J. Popic, V. Vidjak; Zagreb/HR
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-2281
Methods and materials
We did a descriptive study using an anonymous one-time survey.
The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of University Hospital Merkur,
Zagreb.
A convenient sample consisting of 416 patients,
of which 201 male and 215 female,
was collected.
The patients in the sample which were referred to our radiology department for diagnostic imaging (X-ray,
ultrasound,
MRI or CT),
voluntarily participated in an anonymous short survey questionnaire.
For all questions frequency analyses were performed in software package STATISTICA ver.13.3.
Chi-square with Yates correction was used to determine differences in patients' answers for those who got the explanation about the procedure that was administrated to them by their supervising physician and those who didn't.
We also tested the differences in answers depending on the level of patients' education.