Volume 27, Issue 132, February 2023

Assessment of awareness of ultrasound artifacts among Saudi interns and radiologic technologists in Al Madinah hospitals

Moawia Gameraddin^1,2♦, Ali Abdullah Alqarni¹, Bandr Jumayan Aljabri¹, Fares Rabah Alradaddi¹, Abdulrahman Alrhili¹, Awadia Gareeballah^1,2, Muna Ahmed M Ali³, Mariam Khogaly Elamin⁴

¹Department of Diagnostic Radiologic Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Al-madinah, KSA
²Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging, Al-Zaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan
³Diagnostic Department, Sudan University of Science & Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
⁴Department of Radiology, Al-Gad College for Applied and Medical Sciences, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah Medina, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Diagnostic Radiologic Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Al-madinah, KSA and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging, Al-Zaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan

ABSTRACT

Aim: The study aims to identify the knowledge of ultrasound artifacts among internship students and radiographers and compare the knowledge according to their discipline, institute and educational level. Material and method: A cross-sectional survey study included 82 participants in the radiography field-the data was obtained from Al Madinah general hospitals from October 2020 to January 2022. A questionnaire was designed and surveyed the target population (radiographers and interns). The data were analysed using the SPSS program. Chi-square and ANOVA statistical tests were used to analyse the data. Results: The total mean knowledge score was 0.73, considered good knowledge of identifying US artifacts. There was no different significance in mean knowledge scores between private and governmental institutions (P-values > 0.05). The participants who have radiographic fellowship have a high knowledge score (100%) and there was a different significance among the groups (p-value < 0.001). Participants with diplomas have a low mean knowledge score (29%). The mean knowledge of radiographic technologists was significantly higher than the interns (p-value = 0.018). The participants who specialized in sonography had a mean score of knowledge of 0.77±23, which was higher than those of other disciplines. Conclusions: The study concluded that US artifacts' overall knowledge score was good. There was a significant difference between internship students and radiographic technologists regarding the awareness of US artifacts. Participants from public institutions and hospitals had a higher average knowledge score.

Keywords: US image artifacts, radiographic technologists, internship students

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e72ms2737

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i132/e72ms2737

Published: 05 February 2023