Rural Patient Preference for Physician Attire

Pharmacist attire and its impact on patient preference

OBJECTIVE To determine the influence of demographics on patient preferences for community pharmacist attire. METHODS A 10-item questionnaire was developed and administered to patients visiting a chain pharmacy or an independent pharmacy in the Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area. Mann-Whitney was used to examine if statistical differences existed in chain versus independent pharmacy patient...

Physician attire: a scholarly look.

Patients' preference for physician attire: a survey of patients in family medicine training practices.

BACKGROUND Conflicting evidence exists about how patients would like their doctors to dress. This is complicated by new evidence showing elements of common physician attire (white coat or ties) can be contaminated with pathogens. METHODS We conducted a survey on a convenience sample of adult patients in three academic primary care offices in South Carolina and Ohio during the summer of 2010. ...

Physician attire in the intensive care unit and patient family perceptions of physician professional characteristics.

P hysician attire is a modifiable factor that has been demonstrated to influence the patient-physician relationship. However, patient-physician interactions in the intensive care unit (ICU) differ from other health care settings. Patients admitted to the ICU typically do not have a preexisting long-term relationship with their ICU physician, and therefore trust needs to be established over a sh...

Evidence for preferences of Italian patients for physician attire

BACKGROUND The relationship between patient and physician is a complex interaction that includes multiple factors. The objective of this study was to explore Italian patients' preferences regarding physician appearance. METHODS A questionnaire was developed to survey patients in different medical and surgical settings; each subject was asked to choose one picture of either a male or female ph...