Fox S A, Klos D S, Worthen N J, Pennington E, Bassett L W, Gold R H
Division of Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1683.
Radiology. 1990 Jan;174(1):203-6. doi: 10.1148/radiology.174.1.2294548.
Only 16% of women over 40 years of age are being screened regularly with mammography. To learn what radiologists and technologists can do to increase patient adherence to the screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society, especially by poor, urban women, the authors surveyed patients at a county facility immediately after mammography to document the patients' experiences with technologists and the procedure. Analysis of these data led to the conclusion that the radiologist should encourage an expanded role for the technologist as a breast health educator. By incorporating the use of a well-designed patient brochure, technologists can greatly enhance their effectiveness by decreasing the patient's anxiety and increasing her understanding of the procedure and of the importance of screening. Radiologists need to appreciate the potential of an expanded technologist's role for increasing future referrals.
40岁以上的女性中只有16%的人定期接受乳房X光检查。为了了解放射科医生和技术人员可以采取哪些措施来提高患者对美国癌症协会筛查指南的依从性，特别是贫困的城市女性，作者在乳房X光检查后立即对一家县级机构的患者进行了调查，以记录患者与技术人员的接触经历以及检查过程。对这些数据的分析得出结论，放射科医生应鼓励技术人员扩大其作为乳房健康教育者的角色。通过使用精心设计的患者手册，技术人员可以通过减轻患者的焦虑并增强她对检查过程和筛查重要性的理解，从而大大提高其工作成效。放射科医生需要认识到技术人员角色扩大对于增加未来转诊的潜力。
