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Experiences of diagnostic radiographers through the Covid-19 pandemic

INTRODUCTION: Diagnostic Radiography plays a major role in the diagnosis and management of patients with Covid-19. This has seen an increase in the demand for imaging services, putting pressure on the workforce. Diagnostic radiographers, as with many other healthcare professions, have been on the fr...

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Autores principales: Naylor, S., Booth, S., Harvey-Lloyd, J., Strudwick, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The College of Radiographers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8552557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34736824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2021.10.016
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description INTRODUCTION: Diagnostic Radiography plays a major role in the diagnosis and management of patients with Covid-19. This has seen an increase in the demand for imaging services, putting pressure on the workforce. Diagnostic radiographers, as with many other healthcare professions, have been on the frontline, dealing with an unprecedented situation. This research aimed to explore the experience of diagnostic radiographers working clinically during the Covid-19 pandemic. METHODS: Influenced by interpretative phenomenology, this study explored the experiences of diagnostic radiographers using virtual focus group interviews as a method of data collection. RESULTS: Data were analysed independently by four researchers and five themes emerged from the data. Adapting to new ways of working, feelings and emotions, support mechanisms, self-protection and resilience, and professional recognition. CONCLUSION: The adaptability of radiographers came across strongly in this study. Anxieties attributed to the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE), fear of contracting the virus and spreading it to family members were evident. The resilience of radiographers working throughout this pandemic came across strongly throughout this study. A significant factor for coping has been peer support from colleagues within the workplace. The study highlighted the lack of understanding of the role of the radiographer and how the profession is perceived by other health care professionals. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: This study highlights the importance of interprofessional working and that further work is required in the promotion of the profession.
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spelling pubmed-85525572021-10-28 Experiences of diagnostic radiographers through the Covid-19 pandemic Naylor, S. Booth, S. Harvey-Lloyd, J. Strudwick, R. Radiography (Lond) Article INTRODUCTION: Diagnostic Radiography plays a major role in the diagnosis and management of patients with Covid-19. This has seen an increase in the demand for imaging services, putting pressure on the workforce. Diagnostic radiographers, as with many other healthcare professions, have been on the frontline, dealing with an unprecedented situation. This research aimed to explore the experience of diagnostic radiographers working clinically during the Covid-19 pandemic. METHODS: Influenced by interpretative phenomenology, this study explored the experiences of diagnostic radiographers using virtual focus group interviews as a method of data collection. RESULTS: Data were analysed independently by four researchers and five themes emerged from the data. Adapting to new ways of working, feelings and emotions, support mechanisms, self-protection and resilience, and professional recognition. CONCLUSION: The adaptability of radiographers came across strongly in this study. Anxieties attributed to the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE), fear of contracting the virus and spreading it to family members were evident. The resilience of radiographers working throughout this pandemic came across strongly throughout this study. A significant factor for coping has been peer support from colleagues within the workplace. The study highlighted the lack of understanding of the role of the radiographer and how the profession is perceived by other health care professionals. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: This study highlights the importance of interprofessional working and that further work is required in the promotion of the profession. The College of Radiographers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2022-02 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8552557/ /pubmed/34736824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2021.10.016 Text en © 2021 The College of Radiographers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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