Determining the Effect of the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) on Different Dimensions of Users’ Work

Table 1

Participants’ demographics and their relationship with the impact of the PACS.

Demographic information		Frequency (%)	Mean	SD	p
Gender	Female	56 (77.8)	3.79	0.53	0.177
	Male	15 (2.08)	3.51	0.50
Age (years)	Under 30	24 (33.8)	3.92	0.52	0.001
	30–39	26 (36.6)	3.84	0.46
	40–49	16 (22.5)	3.33	0.50
	50 or older	5 (7)	3.41	0.27
Computer knowledge	Novice	4 (5.6)	3.28	0.34	0.11
	Average	37 (51.4)	3.85	0.38
	Advanced	25 (34.7)	3.63	0.70
	Expert	6 (8.3)	3.66	0.42
Training PACS	Group training	47 (65.3)	3.80	0.54	0.037
	Individual training	14 (19.4)	3.82	0.42
	Web-based tutorial training	4 (5.6)	3.21	0.11
	No training	7 (9.7)	3.37	0.55
Work experience (years)	Less than five	23 (31.9)	4.00	0.48	0.001
	5–10	2 (2.8)	3.57	0.51
	11–15	4 (5.6)	4.07	0.49
	More than 15	13 (18.1)	3.83	0.42
Experience using the PACS (years)	Less than 2	34 (47.2)	3.78	0.45	0.058
	2–5	26 (36.6)	3.81	0.59
	6–10	8 (11.3)	3.42	0.50
	More than ten	3 (4.2)	3.13	0.40
Job	Radiologist	9 (12.5)	4.05	0.56	<0.001
	Radiology staff	16 (22.2)	4.07	0.39
	Physician	33 (45.8)	3.48	0.49
	Ward’s head	14 (19.4)	3.71	0.44