Abrantes A F C L, Ribeiro L P V, da Silva C A, England A, Azevedo K B, Almeida R P P, Canha Reis M V
University of Algarve, Department of Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy of the Health School, Portugal; CICS.NOVA, Interdisciplinary Center of Social Sciences, Évora Cluster, Portugal; Centre for Research and Development in Health, University of Algarve, Portugal.
University of Algarve, Department of Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy of the Health School, Portugal; Centre for Research and Development in Health, University of Algarve, Portugal; CIDAF, Research Unit for Sport and Physical Activity, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Radiography (Lond). 2020 May;26(2):127-132. doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2019.09.010. Epub 2019 Oct 18.
Evidence based radiography (EBR) is the logical development of evidence based practice applied to radiography. The aim of this study was to investigate the opinion of a cohort of Portuguese radiographers in Southern Portugal working in public hospitals regarding evidence based practice (EBP), namely about the levels of knowledge about EBR, how they access information and how they use it within daily practice.
A self-administered questionnaire was applied to a sample of 40 radiographers in the Portuguese region of Algarve. This questionnaire was validated for Portuguese speakers using the translation-retranslation method.
The final response rate was 69% (40/58). Results suggest that most radiographers trained EBR during their undergraduate training. Although, no statistically significant correlations were found in the practice of EBR against participant gender, age, training, career level, reading papers and workplace. The most frequent reason to read papers is the "interest" to do so, and national professional journals are read more often. It was found that radiographers that read scientific papers more frequently know more about research (p = 0.005), understand the importance of research for the professional activity (p = 0.023), and know more on how to conduct research papers (p = 0.034).
EBR within radiography is not yet well established, and radiographers' have varying viewpoints. Radiographers that read scientific papers more frequently understand better the philosophy behind this concept but it is very important to deepen the knowledge on this area.
When practicing radiography based on the best available scientific knowledge, professionals are ensuring the best for patients and for profession. To achieve this, and before taking any action, it is important to evaluate the current situation, and this research presents a way to do so.
循证放射学（EBR）是循证实践在放射学领域的合理发展。本研究旨在调查葡萄牙南部公立医院的一组放射技师对循证实践（EBP）的看法，即关于循证放射学的知识水平、他们获取信息的方式以及在日常实践中如何运用这些信息。
对葡萄牙阿尔加维地区的40名放射技师进行了问卷调查。该问卷采用翻译-再翻译法对葡萄牙语使用者进行了验证。
最终回复率为69%（40/58）。结果表明，大多数放射技师在本科培训期间接受过循证放射学培训。然而，在循证放射学的实践与参与者的性别、年龄、培训、职业水平、阅读论文情况和工作场所之间未发现统计学上的显著相关性。阅读论文最常见的原因是“感兴趣”，且阅读国家专业期刊的频率更高。研究发现，更频繁阅读科学论文的放射技师对研究了解更多（p = 0.005），理解研究对专业活动的重要性（p = 0.023），并且对如何撰写研究论文了解更多（p = 0.034）。
放射学中的循证放射学尚未得到很好的确立，放射技师们有不同的观点。更频繁阅读科学论文的放射技师更能理解这一概念背后的理念，但加深该领域的知识非常重要。
当基于现有的最佳科学知识进行放射学实践时，专业人员是在为患者和专业谋求最佳利益。要做到这一点，在采取任何行动之前，评估当前情况很重要，而本研究提供了一种评估方法。
