Furmaniak Katarzyna Z, Kołodziejska Marzena A, Szopiński Kazimierz T
Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2016 Oct;45(8):20160097. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20160097. Epub 2016 Jul 29.
The aim of this study was to assess radiation awareness among dentists, radiographers, dentistry students and radiography students from the Medical University of Warsaw.
A questionnaire containing 13 multiple-choice questions was administered to 200 dentists, 200 radiographers, 100 dentistry students and 100 radiography students. Participants were asked about basic knowledge concerning dental radiological examinations.
In total, 301 (50.2%) questionnaires were returned. The mean score of correct answers was 8.13 out of 13 for all responders; 8.36 for dentists, 8.11 for radiographers, 8.19 for dentistry students and 7.46 for radiography students. Range of correct answers varied from 3 to 12. Differences between the four main groups were not statistically significant. Dentists who had completed radiation protection training had significantly higher number of correct answers than untrained dentists. For radiographers, the level of education had no connection with the results. Correlation between year of the study and results was not visible in the dentistry student group. Within the radiography student group, students in the third year of the study had significantly higher number of correct answers than those in the first and second years of the study.
Our survey shows that radiation awareness among dentists, radiographers and students is inadequate, without significant differences in the main groups. Dentists who had completed radiation protection training had better awareness than those without such training. Greater emphasis should be put on the dental radiology course in both dentistry and radiography programmes at universities.
本研究旨在评估华沙医科大学的牙医、放射技师、牙科专业学生和放射专业学生的辐射防护意识。
向200名牙医、200名放射技师、100名牙科专业学生和100名放射专业学生发放了一份包含13道选择题的问卷。询问参与者有关牙科放射检查的基本知识。
共收回301份（50.2%）问卷。所有应答者正确答案的平均得分在13分中为8.13分；牙医为8.36分，放射技师为8.11分，牙科专业学生为8.19分，放射专业学生为7.46分。正确答案的范围从3到12分不等。四个主要组之间的差异无统计学意义。完成辐射防护培训的牙医的正确答案数量明显高于未接受培训的牙医。对于放射技师来说，教育水平与结果无关。在牙科专业学生组中，未发现学习年份与结果之间的相关性。在放射专业学生组中，三年级学生的正确答案数量明显高于一、二年级学生。
我们的调查表明，牙医、放射技师和学生的辐射防护意识不足，主要组之间无显著差异。完成辐射防护培训的牙医比未接受此类培训的牙医有更好的意识。大学的牙科和放射专业课程应更加重视牙科放射学课程。
