Abstract

Objectives To determine the level of job satisfaction among academic and clinical radiographers and possibly identify areas that requires improvements in the hospitals and radiography teaching institutions Methods A prospective cross-sectional study of 48 radiographers working in tertiary healthcare institutions and universities in northern Nigeria Semi-structured questionnaires were used to obtain vital information about the working conditions of radiographers and degree of satisfaction they derive from their job Data Analysis Descriptive statistics such as mean percentages and frequencies were generated using statistical package for social sciences SPSS 19 0 and inferential statistics was used to compare the level of job satisfaction of academic and clinical radiographers Results A total of 60 semi-structured questionnaires were distributed among radiographers across northern Nigeria and 48 were retrieved representing a response rate of 80 There were 33 males 68 8 and 15 females 31 2 The age of radiographers ranges from 25-50 years with a mean age of 29 years