Menahem S, Shvartzman P
Department of Family Medicine, Center for Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Fam Pract. 1998 Oct;15(5):391-7. doi: 10.1093/fampra/15.5.391.
We aimed to explore patients' attitudes towards family physicians' and nurses' appearance.
One hundred and sixty-eight patients from three teaching Family Medicine clinics in Beer-Sheva, Israel, were interviewed in the clinics regarding the medical staff's dress code. They were also asked to choose one picture for either a male or female physician which, in their opinion, was the most suited for their own family physician, from a selection of pictures of the same male and female doctors dressed in different attires.
One hundred and twenty-six patients (75%) replied that the attire of the physician had no influence on their decision in choosing their own family doctor. Fifty-two per cent of the patients preferred the doctor in a white coat and 71 % had the same preference for the nurse. Older age was associated with increased preference for a white coat. The dressing items which scored high for male doctor were a name tag, a formal suit or a shirt with a tie and sports shoes. For a female doctor a name tag, short haircut, trousers and sports shoes ranked highly. Long hair, earrings, and sandals scored low for a male physician, while mini-dress, shorts and tight clothes scored low for a female physician.
About half of patients still prefer the doctor to be dressed in a white coat. Patients prefer a more formal dressing for male and female physicians in family medicine clinics. Most of the patients claimed that the attire of the physician had no influence on their choice of family physician.
我们旨在探究患者对家庭医生和护士着装形象的态度。
来自以色列贝尔谢巴三家教学家庭医学诊所的168名患者在诊所接受了关于医务人员着装规范的访谈。他们还被要求从一组穿着不同服装的男女医生照片中，为男医生或女医生选择一张他们认为最适合自己家庭医生的照片。
126名患者（75%）回答说医生的着装对他们选择自己的家庭医生没有影响。52%的患者更喜欢穿白大褂的医生，71%的患者对护士也有同样的偏好。年龄较大与对白大褂的偏好增加有关。男医生得分较高的着装项目是姓名牌、正装或系领带的衬衫以及运动鞋。女医生的姓名牌、短发、长裤和运动鞋得分较高。长发、耳环和凉鞋在男医生中得分较低，而迷你裙、短裤和紧身衣服在女医生中得分较低。
约一半的患者仍然更喜欢医生穿白大褂。患者更喜欢家庭医学诊所的男女医生穿着更正式。大多数患者声称医生的着装对他们选择家庭医生没有影响。
