McCarthy J J, McCarthy M C, Eilert R E
Shriners Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1999 Mar;38(3):145-52. doi: 10.1177/000992289903800304.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the child's and parents' visual perception of physicians. To do this, 50 children and their parents were asked which physician they preferred, when shown eight pairs of photographs. Four characteristics were tested twice, white coat versus no white coat, smile versus stern face, cartoon posters versus no posters, and standing versus stooping. We found that both children and parents preferred the smiling physician and the physician with cartoon posters on the wall. Surprisingly 54% of children preferred the physician in the white coat, whereas only 35% of parents preferred the white coat. Sixty-eight percent of children also preferred the standing physician compared with only 41% of parents. There was little correlation between the parent's and child's answers. The results did not differ significantly with age, gender, or number of hospitalizations. In conclusion our study did not confirm the popular belief that children are afraid of physicians in white coats, although children did strongly prefer physicians who smiled and those with cartoon posters on the wall.
本研究的目的是评估儿童及其父母对医生的视觉认知。为此，向50名儿童及其父母展示八组照片，询问他们更喜欢哪位医生。对四个特征进行了两次测试，白大褂与无白大褂、微笑与严肃表情、卡通海报与无海报、站立与弯腰。我们发现，儿童和父母都更喜欢面带微笑的医生以及墙上有卡通海报的医生。令人惊讶的是，54%的儿童更喜欢穿白大褂的医生，而只有35%的父母更喜欢白大褂。68%的儿童也更喜欢站立的医生，相比之下只有41%的父母有此偏好。父母和孩子的答案之间几乎没有相关性。结果在年龄、性别或住院次数方面没有显著差异。总之，我们的研究并未证实人们普遍认为的儿童害怕穿白大褂医生的观点，尽管儿童确实强烈更喜欢面带微笑的医生以及墙上有卡通海报的医生。
