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- Title
Patients' Experience of PET-CT Scan at Armed Forces Institute of Radiology and Imaging Rawalpindi.
- Authors
Bilal, Rizwan; Ahmad, Mudassar; Slehria, Atiq ur Rehman; Mehdi, Syed Ali; Bilal, Muhammad; Jamal, Ali
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the patients' feedback for potential improvements in the patient management of PET-CT Department. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Radiology and Imaging, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Sep to Dec 2020. Methodology: A total of 350 participants were investigated in the study. Structured proforma was utilized for collecting patient feedback, and the ages ranged from 4 to 89 years. The collected data were arranged systematically to apply statistica l tests using Microsoft excel. Results: Explicitly, 14(4%) patients communicated their reservations about further development in PET-CT scan practice. In this regard, 4(1.14%) patients suggested overall improvement in the department. Further, 4(1.14%) and 3(0.86%) patientss' suggestions were towards staff behaviour and building of the department, respectively. Additionally, 2(0.57%) patients were not contented with the available prerequisite equipment, and 1(0.29%) patient suggested a reduction in scanning charges. Conclusion: More than 95% patients were satisfied with their experience. The studied data can be utilized to establish patient management protocols for similar PET-CT departments.
- Subjects
RAWALPINDI (Pakistan); PAKISTAN; PATIENTS' attitudes; POSITRON emission tomography computed tomography; MICROSOFT Corp.; ARMED Forces
- Publication
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 72, Issue 6, p2048
- ISSN
0030-9648
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51253/pafmj.v72i6.7194