Table 2.
Participants’ response to survey
| Statement/ Question | Category of Radiography Workforce | Response, n (%) |
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| 1. Perspectives of radiographers on the impact of COVID-19 on practice | ||||||||
| Radiographers are a part of the major frontline healthcare management team in response to COVID-19. | Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |||
| DR | 371 (90.0%) | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (0.5%) | 2 (0.5%) | 36 (8.7%) | |||
| TR | 76 (69.1%) | 0 | 4 (3.6%) | 3 (2.7%) | 27 (24.5%) | |||
| Total | 447 (85.6%) | 1 (0.2%) | 6 (1.1%) | 5 (1.0%) | 63 (12.1%) | |||
| Which of the following best describes your workload pattern after the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK? | Increasing pattern | Decreasing pattern | Not changed | Irregular pattern | Other (free text description) |
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| DR | 159 (38.6%) | 108 (26.2%) | 21 (5.1%) | 122 (29.6%) | 2 (0.5%) | |||
| TR | 37 (33.6%) | 31 (28.2%) | 20 (18.2%) | 22 (20.0%) | 0 | |||
| Total | 196 (37.5%) | 139 (26.6%) | 41 (7.9%) | 144 (27.6%) | 2 (0.4%) | |||
| Have you had to use other imaging modalities apart from the ones you use for your daily work after the COVID-19 outbreak? | Yes | No | ||||||
| DR | 62 (15.0%) | 350 (85.0%) | ||||||
| TR | 3 (2.7%) | 107 (97.3%) | ||||||
| Total | 65 (12.5%) | 457 (87.5%) | ||||||
| 2. Radiographers understanding of COVID-19 transmission, infection control and availability of PPE | ||||||||
| Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | ||||
| I have a great understanding of how the COVID-19 virus is transmitted. | DR | 132 (32.0%) | 211 (51.2%) | 48 (11.7%) | 17 (4.1%) | 4 (1.0%) | ||
| TR | 39 (35.5%) | 54 (49.1%) | 9 (8.2%) | 7 (6.4%) | 1 (0.9%) | |||
| Total | 171 (32.8%) | 265 (50.8%) | 57 (10.9%) | 24 (4.6%) | 5 (1.0%) | |||
| My understanding of the principles of infection prevention and control as a radiographer is adequate to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. | DR | 42 (10.2%) | 215 (52.2%) | 60 (14.6%) | 32 (7.8%) | 63 (15.3%) | ||
| TR | 18 (16.4%) | 51 (46.4%) | 17 (15.5%) | 8 (7.3%) | 16 (14.5%) | |||
| Total | 60 (11.5%) | 266 (51.0%) | 77 (14.8%) | 40 (7.7%) | 79 (15.1%) | |||
| My facility has made available adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for work during the COVID-19 outbreak. | DR | 52 (12.6%) | 158 (38.3%) | 73 (17.7%) | 86 (20.9%) | 43 (10.4%) | ||
| TR | 17 (15.5%) | 36 (32.7%) | 17 (15.5%) | 25 (22.7%) | 15 (13.6%) | |||
| Total | 69 (13.2%) | 194 (37.2%) | 90 (17.2%) | 111 (21.3%) | 58 (11.1%) | |||
| Yes | No | |||||||
| Have you had any training specifically to prepare you for handling patients during the COVID-19 outbreak? | DR | 204 (49.5%) | 208 (50.5%) | |||||
| TR | 48 (43.6%) | 62 (56.4%) | ||||||
| Total | 252 (48.3%) | 270 (51.7%) | ||||||
| 3. Profile of COVID-19 related stress, it’s impact and available support systems | ||||||||
| Do you feel stressed about work lately due to the COVID-19 outbreak? | Yes, always | Sometimes | No | |||||
| DR | 260 (63.1%) | 116 (28.2%) | 36 (8.7%) | |||||
| TR | 70 (63.6%) | 34 (30.9%) | 6 (5.5%) | |||||
| Total | 330 (63.2%) | 150 (28.7%) | 42 (8.0%) | |||||
| I feel I may be in need of professional help to deal with stress during the COVID-19 outbreak. | Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |||
| DR | 15 (3.6%) | 65 (15.8%) | 147 (35.7%) | 140 (34.0%) | 45 (10.9%) | |||
| TR | 5 (4.5%) | 17 (15.5%) | 42 (38.2%) | 31 (28.2%) | 15 (13.6%) | |||
| Total | 20 (3.8%) | 82 (15.7%) | 189 (36.2%) | 171 (32.8%) | 60 (11.5%) | |||
| My family/partner/friends are being significantly affected by this recent work-related stress. | DR | 43 (10.4%) | 170 (41.3%) | 90 (21.8%) | 79 (19.2%) | 30 (7.3%) | ||
| TR | 17 (15.5%) | 39 (35.5%) | 24 (21.8%) | 17 (15.5%) | 13 (11.8%) | |||
| Total | 60 (11.5%) | 209 (40.0%) | 114 (21.8%) | 96 (18.4%) | 43 (8.2%) | |||
| There are adequate social and psychological support structures at work for dealing with stress. | DR | 22 (5.3%) | 125 (30.3%) | 133 (32.3%) | 106 (25.7%) | 26 (6.3%) | ||
| TR | 13 (11.8%) | 35 (31.8%) | 28 (25.5%) | 19 (17.3%) | 15 (13.6%) | |||
| Total | 35 (6.7%) | 160 (30.7%) | 161 (30.8%) | 125 (23.9%) | 41 (7.9%) | |||
The total valid survey response = 522, comprising of diagnostic radiography workforce (DR)(n = 412) and therapy radiography workforce (TR)(n = 110).