An investigation and intervention study on knowledge, attitude and behavior of ionizing radiation of elementary health care staff / 中国医学装备

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the effect of propaganda and training intervention about the ionization radiation knowledge for the cognition of these knowledge of elementary health care staff.Methods: A questionnaire survey about ionizing radiation knowledge was conducted on 181 medical workers in 10 township health hospitals in Xi'an.The contents of questionnaire included 5 parts that were basic knowledge,clinical application,daily protection,radiation hazard and emergency treatment.The Likert 3 grade scoring method was used to score the situation.And the training about ionizing radiation knowledge of protection was implemented for medical staff.The second questionnaires and scores were conducted after the intervention.And then the results of questionnaire survey and score between pre and post training were compared.Results: Before the training intervention,the average score of overall cognitive level of the ionizing radiation knowledge was(28.09±13.17),and the average score was increased to(49.79±10.35)after the training intervention.The difference of the number of three score segments(51-60,41-50 and 31-40)about the overall cognition of ionization radiation knowledge between pre and post interventions of propaganda and training were significant(x2=119.795,P＜0.05).The differences of clinical application score and basic knowledge between pre and post interventions of propaganda and training were no significant.And the scores of daily protection,radiation hazard and emergency treatment were increased to(11.39±0.35),(10.62±0.78)and(8.65±1.22)respectively,and the differences of them between pre and post interventions of propaganda and training were significant(t=2.18,t=1.87,t=1.56,P＜0.05),respectively.Conclusion: The cognitive interventions measurement of propaganda and training about preventive knowledge of ionization radiation can significantly improve the preventive awareness of elementary health care staff for ionizing radiation,and has a certainly promotion for enhancing the awareness and behavior of daily protection.