Table 4.
Employed statistical tests for political-based analysis of theranostics in surveyed West Asia region. F, Fisher’s exact test; IQR, interquartile range; M, Mann‒Whitney U test; PET, positron emission tomography; SPECT, single photon emission tomography
| Availability/Density | Test | Utilized variable | Politically Stable | Politically Unstable | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theranostic Centers | M | Median, IQR | 7 (3–43) | 7 (5, 11) | 0.75 |
| More than 3 available theranostic agent per country | F | Percentage | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.07 |
| Cyclotrons | M | Median, IQR | 2, (1–7) | 2, (1–5) | 0.91 |
| PET | M | Median, IQR | 0.8, (0.2–1.1) | 0.4, (0.2–0.7) | 0.62 |
| SPECT | M | Median, IQR | 1.5, (0.6–2.3) | 0.3, (0.2–0.4) | 0.17 |
| Theranosticians | M | Median, IQR | 2.6, (0.7–3.3) | 0.4, (0.3–0.6) | 0.02 |
| Technologists | M | Median, IQR | 6.6, (4.2–8.4) | 0.7, (0.6–0.8) | 0.03 |
| Physicists | M | Median, IQR | 2.4, (1.4–3.1) | 0.3, (0.1–0.3) | 0.001 |
| Nurses | M | Median, IQR | 3.3, (1.2–6.8) | 0.3, (026 − 0.6) | 0.04 |
| Radiopharmacists | M | Median, IQR | 0.6, (0.4–0.7) | 0.2, (0.1–0.5) | 0.23 |