Imaging departments’ change in imaging protocols and staffing
| European region | P value | Europe | World | P value | ||||
| Western | Southern | Eastern | Northern | |||||
| 41 | 96 | 42 | 72 | – | 251 | 658 | – | |
| Changes to imaging protocols | ||||||||
| Limiting staff proximity to patients | 90% | 83% | 76% | 83% | 0.166 | 83% | 83% | 0.830 |
| Mandate personal protective equipment | 93% | 89% | 88% | 88% | 0.151 | 88% | 86% | 0.611 |
| Eliminate protocols requiring close contact | 52% | 51% | 48% | 65% | 0.100 | 55% | 64% | 0.026 |
| Avoid exercise stress testing | 34% | 51% | 31% | 39% | 0.025 | 41% | 51% | 0.018 |
| Modify cardiac nuclear imaging protocols | 7% | 31% | 12% | 10% | <0.001 | 18% | 28% | 0.009 |
| Modify cardiac CT protocols | 2% | 15% | 2% | 14% | <0.001 | 10% | 15% | 0.139 |
| Changes to staffing | ||||||||
| Redeployment | 10% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 0.799 | 15% | 23% | 0.011 |
| Rotating staff work shifts | 54% | 69% | 62% | 69% | 0.091 | 66% | 68% | 0.451 |
| Furloughed imaging physicians | 7% | 9% | 10% | 4% | 1 | 8% | 17% | <0.001 |
| Furloughed non-physician imaging staff | 10% | 8% | 12% | 3% | 0.288 | 8% | 23% | <0.001 |
| Reduced salaries of imaging physicians | 7% | 5% | 12% | 4% | 0.638 | 6% | 24% | <0.001 |
| Reduced salaries of non-physician imaging staff | 7% | 3% | 12% | 4% | 0.289 | 6% | 22% | <0.001 |
| Laid off imaging physicians | 2% | 0 | 5% | 1% | 0.374 | 2% | 2% | 0.038 |
| Laid off non-physician imaging staff | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0.660 | 2% | 7% | <0.001 |
Light grey, <50%; dark grey, ≥50%; bold, p<0.05.