Analysis of the Radiation Safety Climate in the Hybrid Angiography Suite

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Volunteers; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal

Treatments: Other: Assessment of radiation safety climate; Other: Data collection; Other: Assessment of radiation safety behavior; Other: Assessment of radiation safety knowledge and motivation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04063969

B670201837824

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to measure the radiation safety climate in the hybrid angiography suite using self-assessment and to investigate the relationship of radiation safety climate with their self-reported safety behaviors.

The hypothesis is that a radiation safety climate does exist and can be measured using self-assessment. Additionally, it is expected that the radiation safety climate positively influences radiation safety behaviors.

Full description

Radiation safety in the hybrid angiography suite is a primordial safety component which is relevant for endovascular team members and patients. To date, many interventions which aim to improve radiation safety habits of an endovascular team focus on improving technology and team radiation safety knowledge. Safety literature has indicated that a safety climate can be identified as the shared perceptions of team members or workers about the safety in their workspace and that this safety climate is closely related to safety behaviors and outcomes. In endovascular specialties, the concept of a radiation safety climate remains unexplored. Therefore, this study aims to measure the radiation safety climate in a diverse pool of endovascular team members from different hospitals, using self-assessment questionnaires and to investigate the relationship of radiation safety climate with their self-reported safety behaviors.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Endovascular team member group

Inclusion Criteria:

• Vascular surgeon OR surgical trainee OR operating nurse
• Active at one of the participating hospitals

Exclusion Criteria:

• No exclusion criteria apply to this study.

Patient group Inclusion Criteria

• Patient undergoing elective endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm

Exclusion criteria

• Emergency repair (ruptured aneurysm)
• Additional interventional procedures (iliac aneurysm, treatment of peripheral vessel disease)

Trial design

92 participants in 2 patient groups

Endovascular team members

Description:

All vascular surgeons, surgical trainees, nurses active in the hybrid angiography suite at one of the participating centers will be invited to participate in the study. All participating team members complete an online questionnaire containing an assessment of their perceived radiation safety climate (28 items, 5 dimensions), radiation safety behaviors(2 items, 2 dimensions), radiation safety knowledge (single item) and radiation safety motivation (single item). All data will be stored pseudonymized.

Treatment:

Other: Assessment of radiation safety knowledge and motivation

Other: Assessment of radiation safety behavior

Other: Assessment of radiation safety climate

Vascular surgical patients

Description:

In each center, five patients undergoing primary elective endovascular repair for an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR) will be enrolled in the study. For each participating patient, a set of demographical (BMI, case difficulty, ASA-grade,etc.), procedure-related (procedure duration, contrast use, etc.) and radiation dose parameters (DAP, cumulative air kerma) will be collected and stored in a pseudonymized way. Participation in this study has no effect on the interventional procedure, or the chosen approach.

Treatment:

Other: Data collection