awagner2@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

We aim to evaluate the Radiologist's work environment and determine correlations between hours sitting, hours worked per week, excercise, weight gain and reported health. We want to determine which factors contribute to weight gain and poorer reported health.

The subjects were academic radiologist (N=100, 26 Female 74 Male). The study consisted of an 18 question survey hosted online by Survey Monkey. Questionnaire items covered demographic information, workstation environment, reported health, weight gain, weekly exercise activity and willingness to learn about changes.

A majority of radiologist (61%) report gaining weight since beginning their career in radiology with a mean weight gain of 16.2 pounds. Few radiologist report getting the recommend weekly exercise (24%). There was a positive correlation between the average number of hours worked per day and the amount of weigh gained (r=.158). Increased number of hours a person reported sitting was correlated with decreased overall sense of health. Most radiologist (81%) were willing to learn more about being more active during the work day although few (9%) felt that there practice partners or administrators would be willing to support them in creating it.

Radiologists in general believe that there carreer in radiology has contributed to their overall decrease in health and weight gain. The work environment with long periods of sitting and longer than average work day likely contribute to this sentiment. Radiologists are interested in learning about making changes in their day to be more active but are unsure that there partners or administrators would be willing help.

The Radiologist work environment makes up a majority of clinicians week and corellations between different work environments, work days and hours sitting can drive further invistagation into areas that promote the better health.