Title
Patient knowledge and acceptance of radiation safety measures correlated to actual exposure records: A survey study
Authors
Avinash Nachkunte Lakshmipathy1, Zainab Haider Khan2, Madhur Gupta3,*, Aisha Mohammed Kutty4 & Gourav Singh Shekhawat5
Affiliation
1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Wales, United Kingdom; 2Department of Radiology, Avalon University School of Medicine, Willemstad, Curaçao; 3Department of Biochemistry, NKPSIMS and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur, India; 4Department of Oncology and Haematology, Portsmouth University Hospital NHS trust, Wessex, United Kingdom; 5Department of Community Medicine, Rajasthan University of Health Science and Jai Durga College of Nursing, Rajasthan, India; *Corresponding author
Avinash Nachkunte Lakshmipathy - E-mail: avinashdexter08@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7760471200
Zainab Haider Khan - E-mail: Zainabkhan3715@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8868866604
Madhur Gupta - E-mail: madhurgupta1972@gmail.com
Aisha Mohammed Kutty - E-mail: draishamkutty@gmail.com; Phone: +44 7554462888
Gourav Singh Shekhawat - E-mail: gouravshekhawat7773@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9785386797
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026
Abstract
With the growing prevalence of the use of ionising radiation as a method of medical imaging, it is important to promote patient involvement in the effect of ionising radiation and its relation to medical imaging. Therefore, it is of interest to assess knowledge and acceptance of radiation safety practices amongst 255 adult patients and to compare the results of this survey to patients recorded exposure to radiation. The survey indicated that only 38% of respondents had a high level of understanding of radiation safety practices and only 42% accepted all recommended practices. Patients in the study experienced a mean exposure dose of 4.2 ± 1.8 mSv. Patients with higher levels of knowledge and acceptance of radiation safety practices were associated with less exposure to radiation (p < 0.05) and also predicted decreased exposure to radiation after multivariable adjustment (p < 0.05). Thus, if there is increased structured patient education, this will likely result in better patient compliance with safe use of ionising radiation and will help to optimise radiation exposure.
Keywords
Radiation dose optimization, radiological protection practices, diagnostic radiology safety compliance, medical imaging exposure
Citation
Lakshmipathy et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 1939-1943 (2026)
Edited by
A Prashanth
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
