Santrauka:
Profesinio bakalauro darbe tiriama pacientų požiūris į individualių saugos priemonių naudojimą rentgenodiagnostikos tyrimų metu. Įvade aprašytas temos aktualumas, teorinis naujumas, praktinis reikšmingumas, nurodyta tyrimo problema, objektas, tikslas, ištirti tyrimo uždaviniai. Teorinėje darbo dalyje išanalizuota ir aprašyta jonizuojančios spinduliuotės poveikis žmogaus organizmui, pacientų saugos rengenodiagnostikoje bendrieji principai, individualių saugos priemonių naudojimo rekomendacijos rentgenodiagnostikoje. Antroje darbo dalyje analizuojama rentgenodiagnostinių procedūrų atlikimas, pacientų informuotumas apie radiacinę saugą rentgenodiagnostikos tyrimų metu. Empirinėje darbo dalyje atskleidžiama pacientų nuomonė apie rentgenodiagnostikos tyrimus ir individualių saugos priemonių naudojimą. Pateikiamos išvados ir rekomendacijos radiologijos technologams
Description:
The aim of the study – to assess the patient's attitude to the usage of individual safety measures during X-ray diagnostics.
Objectives of the study: 1) to describe the individual safety measures recommended for usage in X-ray diagnostics; 2) to reveal patients' opinion on X-ray diagnostics; 3) to distinguish patients' awareness of the usage of individual safety measures in X-ray diagnostic studies.
Setting and research methodology: the survey was accomplished on April, 2019. There were 120 patients questioned (response frequency rate – 94,1 %). By the target selection there were made two groups of people surveyed: group number one (N=53) – patients, who were carried out X-ray diagnostics studies at the Department of Radiology of S. Kudirka Hospital, Alytus County and group number two (N=60) – patients, who were carried out X-ray diagnostics studies at the clinic of radiology of Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno Klinikos. Statistical analysis of data was done.
Results. The vast majority of patients thinks that effects of ionizing radiation are harmful because it causes side effects and violations. Respondents believe that the highest dose of exposure is obtained from chest studies, skull and intravenous urography studies. Respondents knows that individual safety measures aim to reduce the irradiance of patient. Patients receive information about individual safety measures from radiology technologist but other part of patients did not get any information.
Conclusions: After analysing scientific literature, we can say that individual safety measures are one of ways to reduce the impact of ionizing radiation. Apron, vest, skirt, safety measures of eyes, thyroid, gland, female breast are recommended for usage in X-ray diagnostics. Most respondents in both groups believe that effects of ionizing radiation are harmful to the human body during X-ray diagnostics. More than half of patients in A and B hospitals agree that the usage of individual safety measures is an auxiliary tool to reduce patient exposure but it has not been used by most patients in both hospitals. Results of the study showed that the awareness of both groups patients about individual safety measures during X-ray diagnostics is sufficient, however, more than one third of B hospital patients and less than one third A hospital patients did not receive information about safety measures.
Recommendations for radiology technologists and a leaflet for patients were prepared