Development and validation of a psychometric scale for assessing healthcare professionals' knowledge in radiation protection

Abstract

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Malaysian Nurses’ Knowledge of Radiation Protection: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…Demographic (background) questions comprise gender, age, educational level, work experience, and details about the nurses' work unit. On the contrary, the HPKRP scale helped to determine the radiation understanding of involved nurses [ 6 ]. The following radiation understanding dimensions or aspects are addressed by the three sections of scope given by (1) radiation physics and radiation use principle that contain 12 items; (2) radiation protection, which has 13 items; and (3) guidelines for safe ionizing radiation use that include 8 items.…”

“…Demographic (background) questions comprise gender, age, educational level, work experience, and details about the nurses' work unit. On the contrary, the HPKRP scale helped to determine the radiation understanding of involved nurses [6].…”

“…Ionizing radiation has been strictly controlled in that it could pose a harmful effect on human health. To protect both humans and the environment from the adverse effects of ionizing radiation, radiation safety standards have been developed [ 6 ]. Nurses can engage in a variety of medical ionizing radiation procedures.…”

“…From the previous study conducted in Finland, nurses' radiation understanding has been assessed using the Healthcare Professional Knowledge of Radiation Safety (HPKRP) scale to assist these efforts. This scale includes an indication of three radiation knowledge areas [ 6 , 21 ]. The first is radiation physics and the radiation use principle in the medical setting.…”

“…Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate a cross-sectional study of Malaysian nurses' knowledge of radiation use and radiation safety using HPKRP scale items. The HPKRP scale is chosen in this research because it was developed from the previous research [ 6 ] to be used in educational, clinical practice, and research settings.…”