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Patients’ perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia

PURPOSE: To assess the knowledge and attitudes of Saudi patients toward the safety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 142 Saudi patients at King Khalid hospital, Asir, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using a self-questionnaire based on MRI safety...

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Autores principales: Alelyani, Magbool, Gameraddin, Moawia, Alasmari, Azah, Alshahrani, Fay, Alqahtani, Nada, Musa, Alamin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8149308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34054293
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S309186
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author Alelyani, Magbool
Gameraddin, Moawia
Alasmari, Azah
Alshahrani, Fay
Alqahtani, Nada
Musa, Alamin
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Gameraddin, Moawia
Alasmari, Azah
Alshahrani, Fay
Alqahtani, Nada
Musa, Alamin
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description PURPOSE: To assess the knowledge and attitudes of Saudi patients toward the safety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 142 Saudi patients at King Khalid hospital, Asir, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using a self-questionnaire based on MRI safety issues gained from the literature. The questionnaire was divided into two sections, one containing the respondents’ sociodemographic information and the other assessing their knowledge and attitudes toward participating in MRI. RESULTS: A total of 142 patients responded to the survey, and their average age was 31.5 ± 4 years. The majority were married and held a bachelor’s degree. The mean knowledge score regarding MRI safety was 0.29 ± 0.25, which reflects poor knowledge, whereas the attitude score was 0.67 ± 0.20, reflecting a moderately positive attitude. Awareness and attitude among patients improved as education levels increased. Finally, only 53.5% of the respondents were aware of the noise produced by the MRI scanner. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that the awareness of MRI safety among patients in the Asir Region is poor, although they showed positive attitudes toward the issue. Thus, education is necessary for patients to improve awareness of MRI safety to facilitate MRI examinations, which will help decrease scan time and image artefacts.
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spelling pubmed-81493082021-05-27 Patients’ perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia Alelyani, Magbool Gameraddin, Moawia Alasmari, Azah Alshahrani, Fay Alqahtani, Nada Musa, Alamin Patient Prefer Adherence Original Research PURPOSE: To assess the knowledge and attitudes of Saudi patients toward the safety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 142 Saudi patients at King Khalid hospital, Asir, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using a self-questionnaire based on MRI safety issues gained from the literature. The questionnaire was divided into two sections, one containing the respondents’ sociodemographic information and the other assessing their knowledge and attitudes toward participating in MRI. RESULTS: A total of 142 patients responded to the survey, and their average age was 31.5 ± 4 years. The majority were married and held a bachelor’s degree. The mean knowledge score regarding MRI safety was 0.29 ± 0.25, which reflects poor knowledge, whereas the attitude score was 0.67 ± 0.20, reflecting a moderately positive attitude. Awareness and attitude among patients improved as education levels increased. Finally, only 53.5% of the respondents were aware of the noise produced by the MRI scanner. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that the awareness of MRI safety among patients in the Asir Region is poor, although they showed positive attitudes toward the issue. Thus, education is necessary for patients to improve awareness of MRI safety to facilitate MRI examinations, which will help decrease scan time and image artefacts. Dove 2021-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8149308/ /pubmed/34054293 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S309186 Text en © 2021 Alelyani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Alasmari, Azah
Alshahrani, Fay
Alqahtani, Nada
Musa, Alamin
Patients’ perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
title Patients’ perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
title_full Patients’ perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Patients’ perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Patients’ perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
title_short Patients’ perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
title_sort patients’ perceptions and attitude towards mri safety in asir region, saudi arabia
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8149308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34054293
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S309186
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