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# of Respondents Figure 7 – Respondent Working hours Working hours 72 70 68 66 64 62 60 58 56 Business hours Working Hours Shift Work Figure 8 – Respondent Type of shifts 49.6% have 100% direct contact with patients daily, whilst 15.8% of medical radiation science professionals have less than 50% of patient interaction daily (Figure 9). W H O / I S R R T R E P O R T O N M S K A N D B U R N O U T I N M R P s P a g e 16 | 27
Figure 9 – Respondent Amount of direct patient contact See Appendix 2 for additional information regarding the represented nations that contributed to the survey responses. 4.1 Discussion This study is one of the first studies across four continents investigating the challenges faced physically and the impact on well-being of the medical radiation science professional in relation to job stress in the clinical environment. Of note, this study was undertaken 15 months after the world was first informed of the COVID19 virus. 5 Medical radiation science professionals are at the frontline of healthcare, dealing with not only a change in the work environment (change in occupational risk from potential viral exposure) but also a significant disruption to both psychosocial and physical hazards. 38 Imaging examinations, nuclear medicine imaging and radiation therapy treatments continued during this time with the addition of personal protective equipment (PPE). The combination of manual handling of patients and materials with donning and doffing of PPE compounded the occupational risk. Exhaustion, heightened anxiety, stress and burnout has been a common theme during this period of time. 39,40 This has the potential to lead to staff turnover. 41,42,43 Whilst the sample size in this study W H O / I S R R T R E P O R T O N M S K A N D B U R N O U T I N M R P s P a g e 17 | 27
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