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Table 3 Responses to the question: ‘For a paediatric patient, how often would you generally consider previous radiological examinations undertaken, prior to performing another medical imaging examination for that same child?’

From: Paediatric imaging radiation dose awareness and use of referral guidelines amongst radiology practitioners and radiographers

 

Profession

 

Radiology practitioners

Radiographers

Total

Never

0

3

3 (2.7 %)

Rarely

1

6

7 (6.4 %)

Sometimes

1

13

14 (12.7 %)

Very Often

1

34

35 (31.8 %)

Always

9

42

51 (46.4 %)

Total

12

98

110 (100 %)

  1. X 2(4) = 5.371, p = 0.251