Factors Affecting Radiation Protection Behaviors among Emergency Room Nurses

Sookkyoung Park and Yaki Yang
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Sookkyoung Park: Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
Yaki Yang: Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: This study aimed to examine factors affecting radiation protection behaviors among emergency room nurses by assessing knowledge about radiation protection and attitude towards radiation protection, employing a cross-sectional design. Subjects were a convenience sample of 129 nurses working in the emergency rooms of three advanced general hospitals. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires and analyzed using t -test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression. There were significant relations between knowledge about radiation protection and attitude towards radiation protection (r = 0.34, p < 0.001), knowledge about radiation protection and radiation protection behaviors (r = 0.37, p < 0.001), and attitude towards radiation protection and radiation protection behaviors (r = 0.33, p < 0.001). The factors affecting radiation protection behaviors were radiation protection knowledge (? = 0.12, p = 0.045), attitude towards radiation protection (? = 0.17, p = 0.009), the experience of radiation protection education (? = 0.27, p < 0.001), and wearing of protective equipment (? = 0.29, p < 0.001). The governments, hospital administrators, and radiation protection agencies should strengthen their radiation defense environment to protect emergency room nurses from radiation. Research and development of radiation defense equipment and the medical examination of emergency room nurses should be carried out, radiation defense behavior protocols should be developed, radiation defense education opportunities should be provided, and the use of defense equipment should be encouraged.

Keywords: emergency nursing; radiation protection; environment; knowledge; behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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