Kada Sundaran
Institute of Radiography, Faculty of Health and Social Science, Bergen University College, PO Box 7030, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
Qual Prim Care. 2010;18(6):391-7.
General practitioners (GPs) often decide to refer patients for medical imaging with ionizing radiation and are therefore responsible for assessing the benefits of the procedure against the possible risks.
To assess the level of general practitioners' knowledge concerning radiation doses for patients undergoing common radiological investigations and the associated risks of these radiation doses.
I used a self-administered postal questionnaire survey sent to all 200 GPs working in municipal general practices in Bergen to investigate their knowledge about radiation doses and the risks associated with ionizing radiation.
The response rate was 47%. Most GPs showed poor knowledge of radiation doses and associated risks. Male GPs had greater knowledge compared with female GPs (P=0.049). GPs with training in radiation safety had significantly greater knowledge compared with those with no radiation safety training (P=0.005).
Overall, GPs' knowledge of radiation doses and the risks associated with ionizing radiation was reported to be poor.
全科医生（GPs）常常决定将患者转诊至进行电离辐射医学成像检查，因此有责任评估该检查的益处与可能存在的风险。
评估全科医生对于接受常见放射学检查患者的辐射剂量以及这些辐射剂量相关风险的了解程度。
我向在卑尔根市立全科诊所工作的所有200名全科医生发送了一份自行填写的邮政问卷调查，以调查他们关于辐射剂量以及与电离辐射相关风险的知识。
回复率为47%。大多数全科医生对辐射剂量和相关风险的了解较差。男性全科医生比女性全科医生了解得更多（P=0.049）。接受过辐射安全培训的全科医生比未接受过辐射安全培训的全科医生了解程度显著更高（P=0.005）。
总体而言，据报告全科医生对辐射剂量以及与电离辐射相关风险的了解较差。
