Awareness of Interventional Radiology among Patients Referred to the Interventional Radiology Department: A Survey of Patients in a Large Canadian Community Hospital

Baerlocher, Mark O.; Asch, Murray; Puri, Gaurav; Vellahottam, Andrew; Myers, Andy; Andrews, Karen L.

doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2007.02.034

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“…It can also be a useful tool to widen IR engagement and increase IR awareness among the patients, the general public and IR referrers (e.g. general practitioners) which was historically poor [ 17 – 19 ]. Raising the profile of the IR specialty among both medical professionals and the general public can potentially generate a positive flow-on effect for future trainee recruitment [ 20 ].…”

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Future Interventional Radiologists and Where to Find Them–Insights from Five UK Interventional Radiology Symposia for Junior Doctors and Medical Students

Pervez

Theodoulou

et al. 2020

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol

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Background The interventional radiology (IR) trainee recruitment in the UK is lagging behind the pace of service expansion and is potentially hindered by underrepresented undergraduate curricula. Understanding the contributing factors that encourage junior doctors and medical students to consider an IR career will help the IR community to better focus the efforts on recruiting and nurturing the next generation. Methods Anonymised questionnaires on undergraduate and postgraduate IR exposure were distributed to attendees of five UK IR symposia between 2019 and 2020. Results 220 responses were received from 103 (47%) junior doctors and 117 (53%) medical students. Prior IR exposure strongly correlates with individuals' positive views towards an IR career (Pearson's R = 0.40, p \ Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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confidence: 99%

Future Interventional Radiologists and Where to Find Them–Insights from Five UK Interventional Radiology Symposia for Junior Doctors and Medical Students

Pervez

Theodoulou

et al. 2020

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol

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“…Baerlocher et al 32 reported that only 6% of patients had heard of the field of interventional radiology before their referral (despite 21% having undergone a procedure previously). Before their arrival in the interventional radiology department, 87% had not received any information about interventional radiology.…”

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“…Various results-based recommendations were made to increase public health knowledge. Baerlocher et al 32 surveyed 100 consecutive patients scheduled to undergo an interventional procedure at a community hospital and found that 84% had a clearer view of what interventional radiologists do after the procedures, but 98% believed that most others did not know what interventional radiology was. Our study examined the effects of teaching of HE in 52 HCC patients scheduled to accept TACE procedure and suggested that HE is also efficient in improving health knowledge, especially the knowledge of interventional procedure.…”

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Health education helps to relieve postembolization pain during hepatic arterial chemoembolization therapy

Wang

Tao

2018

JPR

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AimPsychological intervention has been proved a complementary approach to drug analgesia. Another study suggested that health knowledge is associated with psychological symptoms in patients with liver cancer. This study is conducted to assess whether improving the health education (HE) alleviates the postembolization pain during transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).Materials and methodsOne hundred and fifteen patients, who required TACE for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and suffered postembolization pain, were randomized into control group (n=63) and HE group (n=52). The health knowledge was scaled with the health knowledge questionnaire (HKQ). The postembolization pain was scored using a 0–10 numeric rating scale (NRS-10) after arterial embolization in both groups.ResultsThere were no statistical differences between male and female in all HKQ scores (P>0.05). The HKQ scores of young people (≤45 years old) were significantly higher than those of elders (>45 years old; P<0.05). After teaching HE, the HKQ scores were significantly increased in patients of the HE group (P<0.01). The postembolization pain score in the HE group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.05). The HKQ scores of question 1, 3, and total were negatively correlated with the pain score in this sample (P<0.05).ConclusionImproving the HE among HCC patients before TACE is beneficial for the pain relief during interventional procedure.

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“…However, from a marketing standpoint "Interventional Radiology" is not an intuitive specialty name. Patients are unlikely to know the role intervention radiology plays in their health [6]. Previous reports suggest that other physicians incompletely understand the role and services interventional radiologist (IR) provides.…”

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Characterizing the Online Presence of Interventional Radiologists: A Potential Marketing Opportunity

Bilello¹,

Patel²,

Potluri³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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Patients increasingly utilize online resources to access healthcare information. Over the years, there has been an increasing trend of websites that allow patients to review their physicians. In many instances, the information found on these websites can be inaccurate or obsolete. This can affect patients' ability to make informed decisions about their provider choices. The need for interventional radiologists (IRs) is expected to rise due to an increasing demand for minimally invasive procedures. However, there is a lack of research regarding their online presence. Therefore, this study aims to characterize the online presence of IRs in the United States.

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Awareness of Interventional Radiology among Patients Referred to the Interventional Radiology Department: A Survey of Patients in a Large Canadian Community Hospital

Cited by 30 publications

References 6 publications

Future Interventional Radiologists and Where to Find Them–Insights from Five UK Interventional Radiology Symposia for Junior Doctors and Medical Students

Future Interventional Radiologists and Where to Find Them–Insights from Five UK Interventional Radiology Symposia for Junior Doctors and Medical Students

Health education helps to relieve postembolization pain during hepatic arterial chemoembolization therapy

Characterizing the Online Presence of Interventional Radiologists: A Potential Marketing Opportunity

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