Imaging departments’ change in capacity and practice
| European region | P value | Europe | World | P value | ||||
| Western | Southern | Eastern | Northern | |||||
| 41 | 96 | 42 | 72 | – | 251 | 658 | – | |
| Change in capacity | ||||||||
| Some outpatient activities cancelled | 98% | 79% | 81% | 88% | 0.217 | 85% | 82% | 0.076 |
| All outpatient activities cancelled | 37% | 48% | 33% | 50% | 0.009 | 44% | 45% | 0.512 |
| Phased reopening | 85% | 51% | 50% | 53% | 0.001 | 58% | 51% | 0.003 |
| Extended hours | 24% | 23% | 12% | 17% | 0.104 | 20% | 11% | 0.003 |
| New weekend hours | 17% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 0.237 | 11% | 9% | 0.735 |
| Use telehealth for patient care | 46% | 45% | 33% | 53% | 0.133 | 45% | 59% | <0.001 |
| Remote reporting | 49% | 28% | 38% | 57% | 0.013 | 41% | 51% | 0.018 |
| Change in practice | ||||||||
| Alterations in patient arrival | 73% | 61% | 55% | 81% | 0.006 | 68% | 73% | 0.454 |
| Physical distancing in waiting areas | 95% | 83% | 79% | 93% | 0.007 | 87% | 89% | 0.383 |
| Separate spaces for patients with COVID-19 | 90% | 82% | 62% | 82% | 0.016 | 80% | 78% | 0.847 |
| Reducing patient time in waiting rooms | 78% | 91% | 69% | 81% | 0.081 | 82% | 81% | 0.775 |
| Limit accompanying family members and/or visitors | 95% | 95% | 79% | 94% | 0.014 | 92% | 92% | 0.877 |
| Temperature measurements | 44% | 74% | 88% | 18% | <0.001 | 55% | 72% | <0.001 |
| Symptom screening | 73% | 62% | 71% | 69% | 0.357 | 68% | 82% | <0.001 |
| COVID-19 testing | 10% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 0.330 | 9% | 17% | 0.003 |
| Require masks for patients/visitors | 68% | 90% | 88% | 42% | <0.001 | 72% | 76% | 0.013 |
| Increase time for cleaning | 63% | 75% | 71% | 76% | 0.012 | 73% | 72% | 0.177 |
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