New data demonstrate that fatigue may impact breast radiologists’ performance, underlining the importance of regular work breaks, experts detailed Tuesday in Radiology.
Digital breast tomosynthesis, or 3D mammography, is becoming the gold standard in screening for the disease. But it requires hundreds of views of the breast when compared to just four for the traditional 2D approach, possibly posing problems for overworked physicians who are new to the profession.
Experts from Brown University recently analyzed data from 40,000 tomosynthesis exams and another 57,000 digital mammography scans performed across 12 offices in Rhode Island. They found that rads with five or fewer years of experience were more likely to order additional imaging when reading DBT exams later in the day.
“It’s useful to know that fatigue is a factor that impacts performance metrics,” study co-author Ana Lourenco, MD, with Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School, said in a statement. “As we’re trying to do the best job for our patients and handle increased imaging volumes, these results suggest that regular breaks may have tangible benefits for outcome measures.”
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