Practices and opinions regarding shared decision-making and discussing medical radiation exposure with patients
| Variable | Total (N=515) | Radiology (N=135) | Clinical services (N=334) | General practice (N=46) | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you inform patients about medical radiation exposure? | 0.002 | ||||
| No | 337 (65.4) | 89 (65.9) | 230 (68.9) | 18 (39.1) | |
| Yes, always | 163 (31.7) | 41 (30.4) | 96 (28.7) | 26 (56.5) | |
| Yes, sometimes | 4 (0.8) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (0.60) | 1 (2.2) | |
| NA | 11 (2.1) | 4 (3.0) | 6 (1.8) | 1 (2.2) | |
| If yes, type of information given | 0.001 | ||||
| Oral | 94 (56.3) | 13 (31.0) | 60 (61.2) | 21 (77.8) | |
| Written | 28 (16.8) | 12 (28.6) | 15 (15.3) | 1 (3.7) | |
| Both oral and written | 43 (25.7) | 17 (40.5) | 22 (22.4) | 4 (14.8) | |
| NA | 2 (1.2) | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 1 (3.7) | |
| Amount of information given | 0.422 | ||||
| Very little | 18 (3.5) | 4 (9.5) | 11 (11.2) | 3 (11.1) | |
| Not much | 75 (14.6) | 15 (35.7) | 45 (15.9) | 15 (55.6) | |
| Just enough | 69 (13.4) | 22 (52.4) | 39 (39.8) | 8 (29.6) | |
| A lot | 1 (0.2) | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | |
| Too much | 2 (0.4) | 0 | 2 (2.0) | 0 | |
| NA | 2 | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 1 (3.7) | |
| Opinion regarding patients' understanding | 0.287 | ||||
| Very difficult to understand | 4 (2.4) | 2 (4.8) | 2 (2.0) | 0 | |
| Difficult to understand | 24 (14.4) | 8 (19.0) | 15 (15.3) | 1 (3.7) | |
| Can be understood without too much difficulty | 56 (33.5) | 17 (40.5) | 28 (28.6) | 11 (40.7) | |
| Easy to understand | 78 (46.7) | 15 (35.7) | 50 (51.0) | 13 (48.1) | |
| Very easy to understand | 2 (1.2) | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 1 (3.7) | |
| NA | 3 (1.8) | 0 | 2 (2.0) | 1 (3.7) | |
| Do you share the decision to order an imaging test with the patient? | <0.001 | ||||
| No | 120 (23.3) | 52 (38.5) | 58 (17.4) | 10 (21.7) | |
| Yes | 108 (21.0) | 16 (11.9) | 67 (20.1) | 25 (54.3) | |
| Sometimes | 4 (0.8) | 2 (1.5) | 0 | 2 (4.3) | |
| NA | 283 (55.0) | 65 (48.1) | 209 (62.6) | 9 (19.6) |
Values are n (%).
NA, not available.