Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of operating room personnelss in selected hospitals of Iran about radiation protection

Abstract

Introduction: Radiation protection in hospitals is a very important topic due to some economical, health, human and moral considerations. In order to promote a radiological protection program in hospitals, it is very important to have a good knowledge and attitude, as well as proper practice of personnels in this area. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the current status regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of operating room personnels about radiation protection in Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 332 operating room personnels with multi-stage selection in hospitals on the knowledge, attitude and practice at different cities in Iran. To do so, the operating room staff was considered as a statistical society during 2015-2016. The respondents to the questionnaire included physicists, nurses, apprentice and secretaries in different hospitals with low, medium and large number of beds. The selected provinces included: Alborz, East Azarbaijan, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, Semnan, Qom, Golestan, Gilan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah and Mazandaran. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16 and one-way ANOVA test (P<0.05). Results: The findings of this study indicate that there is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of operating room personnels in radiation protection and different provinces. Also, the number of hospital beds is related whit the level of knowledge, attitude and performance of the personnels. Conclusion: The findings of current study showed that the provinces of Golestan, West Azarbayjan and Gilan had the highest level of knowledge, attitude and practice, respectively. Semnan, Tehran and Kurdistan were the provinces with the lowest level of knowledge, attitude and practice, respectively. There were also significant differences between the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of the personnel's operating room with radiation protection and the place of service, which it can be due to the lack of supervision, facilities and lack of experience in deprived provinces, and oversight and inattention to the radiation exposure due to overcrowding of the services in non-deprived provinces. é 2018, Semnan University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.