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Radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging
Introduction: The need to balance pain management and radiographic image quality is at the forefront of patient care in diagnostic radiography. This study aimed to identify the decision‐making that radiographers employ when undertaking planar diagnostic imaging for pain‐afflicted adult trauma patien...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10500107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36939222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.668 |
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description | Introduction: The need to balance pain management and radiographic image quality is at the forefront of patient care in diagnostic radiography. This study aimed to identify the decision‐making that radiographers employ when undertaking planar diagnostic imaging for pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients and the factors that influence these decisions. Methods: A virtual focus group interview was undertaken with six experienced Australian radiographers using a realistic scenario and questions based on it. Thematic analysis was employed to explore how radiographers approached planar diagnostic imaging of trauma patients and what influenced decisions regarding patient movement. Results: Five key factors in radiographers' decision‐making were identified: assistance from the multidisciplinary team, understanding the patient, pain reduction methods, the patient being informed and radiographer competence. Radiographers were found to further utilise professional knowledge of image interpretation and anatomy and physiology, in conjunction with interpersonal capabilities, to undertake radiographic examinations. Conclusion: The decision‐making process that informs the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients is multifactorial, aligning with the broad healthcare principles of multidisciplinary teamwork, holistic management of the patient and professional knowledge and practice. Further research is needed to explore correlations with different patient groups to validate this research. |
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spelling | pubmed-105001072023-09-15 Radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging Talevski, Christopher Kilgour, Andrew Spuur, Kelly J Med Radiat Sci Original Articles Introduction: The need to balance pain management and radiographic image quality is at the forefront of patient care in diagnostic radiography. This study aimed to identify the decision‐making that radiographers employ when undertaking planar diagnostic imaging for pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients and the factors that influence these decisions. Methods: A virtual focus group interview was undertaken with six experienced Australian radiographers using a realistic scenario and questions based on it. Thematic analysis was employed to explore how radiographers approached planar diagnostic imaging of trauma patients and what influenced decisions regarding patient movement. Results: Five key factors in radiographers' decision‐making were identified: assistance from the multidisciplinary team, understanding the patient, pain reduction methods, the patient being informed and radiographer competence. Radiographers were found to further utilise professional knowledge of image interpretation and anatomy and physiology, in conjunction with interpersonal capabilities, to undertake radiographic examinations. Conclusion: The decision‐making process that informs the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients is multifactorial, aligning with the broad healthcare principles of multidisciplinary teamwork, holistic management of the patient and professional knowledge and practice. Further research is needed to explore correlations with different patient groups to validate this research. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-03-20 2023-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10500107/ /pubmed/36939222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.668 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Talevski, Christopher Kilgour, Andrew Spuur, Kelly Radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging |
title | Radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging |
title_full | Radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging |
title_fullStr | Radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging |
title_full_unstemmed | Radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging |
title_short | Radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging |
title_sort | radiographers' decision‐making processes in the movement of pain‐afflicted adult trauma patients in planar diagnostic imaging |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10500107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36939222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.668 |
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