St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
Emerg Med J. 2018 Sep;35(9):538-543. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2017-206887. Epub 2018 Jul 2.
Perceptions regarding body art change over time as societal norms change. Previous research regarding patients' perceptions of physicians with exposed body art have been hampered by flaws in design methodology that incorporate biases into patient responses. This study was performed to determine whether emergency department (ED) patients perceived a difference in physician competence, professionalism, caring, approachability, trustworthiness and reliability in the setting of exposed body art.
Standardised surveys about physician competence, professionalism, caring, approachability, trustworthiness and reliability rating providers on a five point Likert scale were administered to patients in an ED after an encounter with a physician provider who demonstrated no body art modification, non-traditional piercings, tattoos, or both piercings and tattoos. Each provider served as their own control. Patients were blinded to the purpose of the survey.
Patients did not perceive a difference in physician competence, professionalism, caring, approachability, trustworthiness or reliability in the setting of exposed body art. Patients assigned top box performance in all domains >75% of the time, regardless of physician appearance.
In the clinical setting, having exposed body art does not significantly change patients' perception of the physician.
随着社会规范的变化，人们对人体艺术的看法也在不断变化。以前关于患者对有暴露纹身的医生的看法的研究受到设计方法缺陷的阻碍，这些缺陷会使患者的反应产生偏见。这项研究旨在确定在暴露纹身的情况下，急诊（ED）患者是否认为医生的能力、专业精神、关怀、亲和力、可信赖性和可靠性存在差异。
在 ED 中，对患者进行了标准化的医生能力、专业精神、关怀、亲和力、可信赖性和可靠性评分调查，这些患者在与一名医生提供者接触后进行了调查，该医生提供者没有表现出任何身体艺术修饰、非传统穿孔、纹身或穿孔和纹身。每位提供者都作为自己的对照组。患者对调查的目的一无所知。
在暴露的纹身环境中，患者没有感觉到医生能力、专业精神、关怀、亲和力、可信赖性或可靠性的差异。无论医生的外表如何，患者在所有领域的最佳表现评价>75%。
在临床环境中，暴露的纹身并不会显著改变患者对医生的看法。
