Structured report for chest high-resolution computed tomography in patients with connective tissue disease : Impact on the report quality as perceived by referring clinicians

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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact on perceived report quality of referring rheumatologists for a chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) structured report (SR) template for patients with connective tissue disease (CTD), compared to the traditional narrative report (NR).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively considered 123 HRCTs in patients with CTD. Three radiologists, blinded to the original NRs they wrote during clinical routine, re-reported each HRCT using an SR dedicated template. We then divided all NR-SR couples into three groups (41 HRCT each). Each group was evaluated by one of three rheumatologists (R1, R2, R3), who expressed their perceived report quality for the respective pools of NRs and SRs in terms of completeness, clarity (both on a 10-points scale), and clinical relevance (on a 5-points scale). The Wilcoxon test and the McNemar test were used for statistical analysis.

RESULTS: For each rheumatologist, SR received higher ratings compared to NR for completeness (median ratings: R1, 10 vs. 7; R2, 10 vs. 8; R3, 10 vs. 6, all p < 0.0001), clarity (median ratings: R1, 10 vs. 7; R2, 10 vs. 8; R3, 10 vs. 7, all p < 0.0001), and clinical relevance (median ratings: R1, 5 vs. 4; R2, 5 vs. 4; R3, 5 vs. 1, all p < 0.0001). After rating dichotomization, the use of SR led to a significant increase (p < 0.01) in completeness, clarity, and clinical relevance as compared to NR, except for clarity as perceived by R2 (p = 1).

CONCLUSION: Referring rheumatologists' perceived report quality for structured reporting of HRCT in patients with CTD was superior to narrative reporting.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:131

Enthalten in:

European journal of radiology - 131(2020) vom: 15. Okt., Seite 109269

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cereser, L [VerfasserIn]
Marchesini, F [VerfasserIn]
Di Poi, E [VerfasserIn]
Sacco, S [VerfasserIn]
De Marchi, G [VerfasserIn]
Linda, A [VerfasserIn]
Como, G [VerfasserIn]
Zuiani, C [VerfasserIn]
Girometti, R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chest
Connective tissue diseases
High-resolution computed tomography
Journal Article
Structured reporting

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Date Completed 23.03.2021

Date Revised 23.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109269

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315212330