Should Doctors Wear White Coat-Patients Perception
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: There is now substantive information that adult patients prefer doctors in clinics and hospitals to be traditionally, or at least smartly, dressed; to wear a necktie; to have short hair; and to wear white coats with a name tag. Objective: The objectives of the present study are to determine views of patients attending Sapthagiri medical college hospital on the white coat and to assess patients’ opinion on attire and appearance of doctors Results:Significantly more of those aged over 50 thought their doctors should wear white coats in comparison with those under 50 (p<0.05). 87.9% believed that white coat would aid in ease of identification and about 70.0% thinks doctor were white coat because of tradition. About 205(51.2%) patients strongly believe that wearing white will not interfere in doctor patient relationship. Conclusion: most of the patients ranked easy of identification and professionalism as the main reasons for doctor wearing white coat.
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Maheshwaran Maheshwaran, Gururaj Gururaj
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