Table 2.
Among radiologists who receive audits reports (n=233), the percent who agree or strongly agree with survey questions regarding attitudes about mammography audit reports, by radiologist characteristic.* †
| Would leave mammography if intensive requirements mandated without funding | Attitudes toward Audit Reports | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust accuracy | Pay attention | Reports are valuable | Prompts them to review cancers | Improves their performance | |||||
| N=233 | (100%) | N=61 | N=187 | N=193 | N=200 | N=184 | N=172 | ||
| Radiologist Characteristics | Percentage who agree or strongly agree with survey questions about audit reports | ||||||||
| Demographics | |||||||||
| Age group | 30-34 | 4 | (1.7) | 75.0 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 75.0 |
| 35-44 | 58 | (24.9) | 39.7 | 81.0 | 91.4 | 89.7 | 75.9 | 80.7 | |
| 45-54 | 78 | (33.5) | 19.5 | 75.6 | 81.8 | 83.1 | 80.5 | 75.6 | |
| 55+ | 93 | (39.9) | 26.4 | 82.6 | 79.6 | 88.2 | 82.8 | 29.4 | |
| Gender | Male | 168 | (72.1) | 31.3 | 81.4 | 85.6 | 88.0 | 79.0 | 74.3 |
| Female | 65 | (27.9) | 20.3 | 76.9 | 76.9 | 83.1 | 81.5 | 76.6 | |
| Clinical Experience | |||||||||
| Years interpreting mammograms | <10 | 47 | (20.3) | 42.6 | 85.1 | 87.2 | 80.9 | 72.3 | 70.2 |
| 10-19 | 84 | (36.2) | 22.6 | 78.6 | 86.9 | 89.3 | 79.8 | 81.9 | |
| 20+ | 101 | (43.5) | 26.5 | 79.0 | 78.0 | 88.0 | 83.0 | 72.0 | |
| Fellowship | No | 214 | (91.6) | 27.1 | 81.2 | 93.6 | 87.3 | 80.3 | 75.0 |
| Yes | 19 | (8.2) | 10.5 | 68.4 | 79.0 | 79.0 | 73.7 | 73.7 | |
| Academic affiliation | No | ||||||||
| Affiliation | 189 | (82.2) | 30.7 | 80.3 | 81.9 | 85.1 | 79.8 | 72.9 | |
| Adjunct or primary | 41 | (17.8) | 19.5 | 80.5 | 90.2 | 95.1 | 80.5 | 85.0 | |
| Hours spent in breast imaging | ≤20 | 134 | (60.1) | 31.8 | 80.6 | 84.3 | 87.2 | 78.2 | 75.9 |
| 21-40 | 49 | (22.0) | 14.3 | 77.1 | 81.3 | 83.7 | 81.6 | 72.9 | |
| 40+ | 10 | (17.9) | 33.3 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 80.0 | 75.0 | |
| Current Clinical Practice | |||||||||
| % of workload that is screening mammography | 1-10 | 81 | (38.4) | 31.7 | 80.3 | 84.0 | 85.0 | 80.0 | 76.3 |
| 11-24 | 91 | (43.1) | 27.5 | 85.7 | 86.8 | 89.0 | 79.1 | 75.8 | |
| ≥25 | 39 | (18.5) | 18.4 | 71.1 | 76.3 | 84.6 | 82.1 | 68.4 | |
| Self-reported volume of screening mammograms in preceding year | <480 | 8 | (3.6) | 57.1 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 62.5 |
| 480-999 | 31 | (13.9) | 36.7 | 80.7 | 80.7 | 93.3 | 80.0 | 74.2 | |
| 1000-1999 | 68 | (30.5) | 26.9 | 86.6 | 85.1 | 85.3 | 75.0 | 74.6 | |
| 2000-4999 | 87 | (39.0) | 26.4 | 80.5 | 83.9 | 88.5 | 81.6 | 75.6 | |
| ≥5000 | 29 | (13.0) | 24.1 | 65.5 | 79.3 | 82.8 | 86.2 | 75.9 | |
| Self-reported total volume (screening and diagnostic) in preceding year | <480 | 3 | (1.4) | 66.7 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 33.3 |
| 480-999 | 18 | (8.2) | 58.8 | 83.3 | 77.8 | 83.3 | 72.2 | 66.7 | |
| 1000-1999 | 68 | (31.1) | 24.2 | 86.6 | 86.6 | 89.6 | 79.1 | 77.6 | |
| 2000-4999 | 88 | (40.2) | 27.3 | 80.7 | 84.1 | 87.5 | 81.8 | 73.6 | |
| ≥5000 | 42 | (19.2) | 21.4 | 73.8 | 81.0 | 85.7 | 81.0 | 78.6 | |
*
The number of radiologists not agreeing to individual survey questions: Trust accuracy (n=46), Pay attention (n=39), Reports valuable (n=31), Prompts to review cancers (n=47), Improves performance (n=58), Congress mandates (n=173).
†
For full survey question see text.
Bold number denote statistically significant difference compared to radiologists who did not agree to individual survey questions at p<0.05 using the chi-squared test.