Perception of female patients undergoing barium enema procedure as performed by male radiologic technologists

Date of Completion

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology

Keywords

Barium Enema, Patients, Radiologic Technologists, Patient Safety, Radiologic Technologist-Patient Relations

Abstract

The goal of the researchers in this study is to describe the perception of female patients regarding barium enema procedure when it is performed by male radiologic technologists. Specifically, this study attempted to answer the following problem: 1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of: a. age, b. civil status, c. educational background, and d. religion? 2. What is the perception of the respondents undergoing barium enema procedure as performed by male radiologic technologists? 3. Are there any significant differences on the perception of the respondents undergoing barium enema procedure when the respondents are grouped according to age, civil status, educational background, and religion? This study focused on the perception of female patients undergoing barium enema examination as performed by male radiologic technologists. This study attempted to obtain the perception of female patients within the adolescent age of 18 years old to late adulthood or 65 years old, both in-patient and out-patient in the hospitals of Cavite, Laguna, and Metro Manila. These respondents were assumed both mentally and physically capable of answering the guided questionnaire. The patients should have experienced barium enema procedure as performed by male radiologic technologists. Despite the attempts of the researchers to come up with significant number of respondents for the study, the study only has 52 respondents due to the limitation in the number of female patients who undergo barium enema examination performed by the male radiologic technologists. This scenario has further delimited the answers to the Problem Statement No. 3. Only items with significant number of responses were included in the discussion on problem 3. The descriptive type of research was used in this study. The researchers limit their respondents to patients who undergo barium enema procedure performed by male radiologic technologist in the hospitals of Cavite, Laguna, and Manila regardless of age, civil status, educational background , and religious affiliation. To identify the respondents, the researchers utilized convenience sampling where the patients who were available and qualified on the time of data gathering became the respondents of the study. Quota sampling was used to identify the total number of population. The following conclusions were drawn from the findings: 1. Majority of the respondents are 25 years old and below, married, attained college level of education and Catholic. 2. The perception of female patients during barium enema procedure are as follows: a. Female patients agreed that either gender may perform barium enema examination. b. Female patients understand that insertion of the catheter is part of the barium enema procedure. c. Female patients were anxious when left alone with the male radiologic technologists position and touch sensitive parts of their body. d. Female patients were afraid when left alone with the male radiologic technologists during the procedure. e. female patients would be more comfortable when male radiologic technologists explain the procedure thoroughly. f. Female patients would give their consent immediately if the doctor requested another barium enema procedure in the near future. However, there were also significant number of respondents (21 or 40.4 percent) who would perform the procedure. g. The ethical consideration when male radiologic technologists perform barium enema procedure to female patients, the respondents thought that it depends on the professional attitude of the radiologic technologists. h. Female patients agreed that the male radiologic technologists may perform barium enema procedure only when a female radiologic technologist is not available. 3. There were no significant differences on the perception of female patients undergoing barium enema procedure when the respondents were grouped according to age and religion. However, in terms of civil status, there were no significant differences on the perception of female patients undergoing barium enema procedure in in Questions 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 and noted significant in Questions 1 and 2.

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