Knowledge and perception of nuclear medicine by radiologists in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa | ||
Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology | ||
مقاله 11، دوره 10، شماره 1، فروردین 2022، صفحه 68-77 اصل مقاله (1.23 M) | ||
نوع مقاله: Others | ||
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22038/aojnmb.2021.56679.1392 | ||
نویسندگان | ||
Kokou Adambounou* 1، 2؛ Koffi Assogba Ahonhyi2؛ Gilles David Houndetoungan3؛ Pakisba Ali Ouedraogo4؛ Bidamin Ntimon2؛ Fabrice Sodogas1؛ Lantam Sonhaye2؛ Victor Adjenou2 | ||
1Biophysic and Medical Imaging departments, Campus Teaching Hospital, University of Lome, Togo | ||
2Radiology department, Campus Teaching Hospital, University of Lome, Togo | ||
3Department of Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences of Cotonou, University of Abomey- Calavi, Benin | ||
4Radiology department, Ouahigouya, University of Ouaga, Burkina Fasso | ||
چکیده | ||
Objective(s): to assess the knowledge and perception of nuclear medicine by radiologists in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted from April 8 to June 7 2020 including radiologists practicing in French-speaking sub-Saharan African countries. Data were collected electronically via a google form. Results: Of the 142 radiologists surveyed, 45.8% had already completed an internship in Europe, 3.52% in a nuclear medicine department and 72.54% had a nuclear medicine department in their country of practice. Among these radiologists, 21.13% knew the three main techniques of nuclear medicine and only 9.15% knew that nuclear medicine allows functional, metabolic and molecular studies. On average, 56.8% were aware of clinical indications for the main fields of nuclear medicine. In 47.18% of cases, they thought that scintigraphic imaging was more irradiating than radiological imaging, 71.1% knew about hybrid imaging techniques, 43.66% had read a scientific article on nuclear medicine, 4.93% had attended a nuclear medicine conference and 28.9% had recommended a scintigraphic imaging examination in their report. Half of them would like to see nuclear medicine and radiology merged into a single specialty and 95.77% considered it essential to create a nuclear medicine department in their country. Conclusion: The level of knowledge of radiologists in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa about nuclear medicine was, on the whole, unsatisfactory with a generally encouraging perception. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
Nuclear Medicine؛ Medical Imaging؛ Scintigraphic Imaging Radiologists؛ French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa | ||
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