Table 1 Median score (interquartile range) for what radiologists and radiographers consider the most important reasons for patients being referred to examinations most unlikely to affect treatment, and clinicians’ own reasons for referring patients to such imaging
Patient expectations | Give the patient the feeling of being taken seriously | Lack of time, “get the patient out of the office”, discharge the patient | Expectations of relatives | Compensate for insufficient clinical examination | Normal findings will reassure the patient | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radiologists | 2.0 (2.0) | 2.0 (1.0) | 2.0 (2.0) | 3.0 (1.0) | 2.0 (2.0) | 2.0 (2.0) |
Radiographers | 1.0 (1.0) | 1.0 (1.0) | 3.0 (2.0) | 2.0 (2.0) | 2.0 (2.0) | 2.0 (2.0) |
Clinicians [6] | 3.0 (1.0) | 2.0 (1.0) | 4.0 (1.0) | 3.0 (1.0) | 4.0 (1.0) | 2.0 (2.0) |