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dc.contributor.authorStamouli, Maria Ageliki-
dc.contributor.authorGoula, Aspasia-
dc.contributor.authorChatzis, Alexandros-
dc.contributor.authorBrilakis, Emmanouil-
dc.contributor.authorKaba, Evridiki-
dc.contributor.authorKelesi - Stavropoulou, Martha-
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T12:39:51Z-
dc.date.available2024-04-24T12:39:51Z-
dc.date.issued2021-12-01-
dc.identifierscopus-85121330255-
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601-
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827-
dc.identifier.other85121330255-
dc.identifier.urihttps://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/2253-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Health professionals’ knowledge, beliefs and perceptions concerning radiation protection may affect their behaviour during surgery and consequently influence the quality of health services. This study highlights the health professionals’ average knowledge level and captures the beliefs, perceptions, and behaviours in a large public Greek hospital. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, including health professionals working in operating rooms. One hundred thirty-two staff members participated by responding to an original questionnaire. The sample consisted of nurses, radiographers and medical doctors of various specialties involved daily in surgical procedures where ionizing radiation is required. The survey was conducted from March to June 2021, and the response rate was 97%. Results: The level of overall knowledge of health professionals regarding radiation protection safety was not satisfactory. Females and employees with a lower level of education had more misconceptions about radiation and radiation protection. Employees of younger ages and with less previous experience were more likely to have negative emotions towards radiation exposure. Finally, employees with fewer children tended to express physical complaints caused by their negative emotions due to radiation exposure. Conclusions: Health professionals’ lack of basic and specialized knowledge concerning radiation protection safety had a negative impact on the provision of health services. The continuing training of the staff seemed to be the only solution to reverse this trend. The training should highlight how radiation exposure can be minimized, safeguarding health professionals’ trust and sense of security by significantly improving their working environment.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectHealth care servicesen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectMisconceptionsen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionsen_US
dc.subjectProtectionen_US
dc.subjectRadiationen_US
dc.subjectSafetyen_US
dc.titleAssessment of health professionals’ attitudes on radiation protection measuresen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph182413380en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85121330255-
dcterms.accessRights1en_US
dc.relation.deptDepartment of Business Administrationen_US
dc.relation.facultySchool of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.volume18en_US
dc.relation.issue24en_US
dc.collaborationUniversity of West Attica (UNIWA)en_US
dc.journalsOpen Accessen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.countryGreeceen_US
local.metadatastatusverifieden_US
item.grantfulltextnone-
item.cerifentitytypePublications-
item.openairetypeArticle-
item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf-
item.fulltextNo Fulltext-
item.languageiso639-1en-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Business Administration-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Business Administration-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.facultySchool of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences-
crisitem.author.facultySchool of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences-
crisitem.author.facultySchool of Health and Care Sciences-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-3700-4489-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-4246-9627-
crisitem.author.parentorgSchool of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences-
crisitem.author.parentorgSchool of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences-
crisitem.author.parentorgSchool of Health and Care Sciences-
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