Structured reporting of MRI of the shoulder - improvement of report quality?

• Verfasst von: Gassenmaier, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Henzler, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Structured reporting of MRI of the shoulder - improvement of report quality?
• Verf.angabe: Sebastian Gassenmaier, Marco Armbruster, Florian Haasters, Tobias Helfen, Thomas Henzler, Sedat Alibek, Dominik Pförringer, Wieland H. Sommer, Nora N. Sommer
• Umfang: 10 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 22.08.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: European radiology
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: 27(2017), 10, S. 4110-4119
• ISSN Quelle: 1432-1084
• ISSN Quelle: 1613-3757
• DOI: doi:10.1007/s00330-017-4778-z
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1580306217

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of structured reports (SRs) in comparison to non-structured narrative free text (NRs) shoulder MRI reports and potential effects of both types of reporting on completeness, readability, linguistic quality and referring surgeons’ satisfaction. Methods: Thirty patients after trauma or with suspected degenerative changes of the shoulder were included in this study (2012-2015). All patients underwent shoulder MRI for further assessment and possible surgical planning. NRs were generated during clinical routine. Corresponding SRs were created using a dedicated template. All 60 reports were evaluated by two experienced orthopaedic shoulder surgeons using a questionnaire that included eight questions. Results: Eighty per cent of the SRs were fully complete without any missing key features whereas only 45% of the NRs were fully complete (p < 0.001). The extraction of information was regarded to be easy in 92% of the SRs and 63% of the NRs. The overall quality of the SRs was rated better than that of the NRs (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Structured reporting of shoulder MRI improves the readability as well as the linguistic quality of radiological reports, and potentially leads to a higher satisfaction of referring physicians.