Carugno Jose, Timmons Douglas, Grady Mary, Lederer Madeline, Rapisarda Agnese Maria Chiara, Laganà Antonio Simone
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2020 Nov;254:266-270. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.09.040. Epub 2020 Sep 23.
To assess the impact of physician attire in a gynecology office setting on a patient's level of trust and perception regarding medical advice, performing vaginal exams, and physician's ability to perform major and minor procedures.
Cross sectional anonymous survey at a large academic medical center. The survey was distributed to 200 patients of a single-physician gynecology office, between January 1st 2018 and March 31st 2018. The survey contained an image depicting a hypothetical gynecologist and hypothetical questions regarding clinical situations. Participants were asked to answer which doctor from the image shown they preferred for a given scenario.
White coat was reported to be preferred physician attire in almost every clinical situation (p < 0.05). There were only two clinical scenarios, a gynecologic emergency (p < 0.01) and in the setting of major surgery (p < 0.07), in which patients did not have a preference for the gynecologist wearing a white coat. Attire did not have a significant effect on respondent's perception of the gynecologist's knowledge, level of compassion, authority, or ability to communicate.
The majority of patients preferred a physician wearing a white coat in the presented gynecologic scenarios, with the exception of gynecologic emergencies and gynecologic surgery, in which surgical scrubs were preferred.
评估在妇科门诊环境中医生着装对患者信任程度以及对医疗建议、进行阴道检查和医生实施大小手术能力的认知的影响。
在一家大型学术医疗中心进行横断面匿名调查。该调查于2018年1月1日至2018年3月31日期间分发给一名妇科医生门诊的200名患者。调查包含一张描绘假设妇科医生的图片以及关于临床情况的假设问题。参与者被要求回答在给定场景中他们更喜欢图片中的哪位医生。
在几乎每种临床情况下，白色大褂被报告为更受青睐的医生着装（p < 0.05）。只有两种临床场景，即妇科急诊（p < 0.01）和大手术场景（p < 0.07），患者对穿白色大褂的妇科医生没有偏好。着装对受访者对妇科医生知识、同情心水平、权威性或沟通能力的认知没有显著影响。
在呈现的妇科场景中，大多数患者更喜欢穿白色大褂的医生，但妇科急诊和妇科手术除外，在这两种情况下更喜欢穿手术服的医生。
