Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional survey
Objective: To assess the attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing and identify the factors those influence their negative attitudes. Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed and a questionnaire survey was conducted. The data were collected from 251 hospitalized patien...
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| author | Lu Liu Haofeng Zhao Gege Lu Yulu Ling Lingjie Jiang Huilan Cai Weijie Gao |
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| description | Objective: To assess the attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing and identify the factors those influence their negative attitudes.
Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed and a questionnaire survey was conducted. The data were collected from 251 hospitalized patients between July 2015 and August 2015.
Results: Around 57.8% of the participants reported that they were unwilling to wear patient clothing. Among them, 60.7% knew little to nothing about the function of patient clothing. Some of these patients were unwilling to wear patient clothing because these uniforms had poor comfort (26.2%), fit (34.5%), hygiene (66.2%), and appearance (31.1%), and wearing them was psychologically uncomfortable (43.5%).
Conclusions: More than half of the hospitalized patients dislike wearing patient clothing because they were unaware of its functions and were skeptical about its hygiene, comfortability, fit, and appearance. Therefore, these patients must be provided with comfortable, well fitting, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing clothing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eefc15395e90471ab4817a6f03fdd1b12022-12-22T03:32:47ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Nursing Sciences2352-01322016-12-013439039310.1016/j.ijnss.2016.11.005Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional surveyLu Liu0Haofeng Zhao1Gege Lu2Yulu Ling3Lingjie Jiang4Huilan Cai5Weijie Gao6School of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, ChinaSchool of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, ChinaSchool of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, ChinaSchool of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, ChinaSchool of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, ChinaSchool of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, ChinaSchool of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, NO.312 An Shan Xi Road, Nan Kai District, Tianjin 300193, ChinaObjective: To assess the attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing and identify the factors those influence their negative attitudes. Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed and a questionnaire survey was conducted. The data were collected from 251 hospitalized patients between July 2015 and August 2015. Results: Around 57.8% of the participants reported that they were unwilling to wear patient clothing. Among them, 60.7% knew little to nothing about the function of patient clothing. Some of these patients were unwilling to wear patient clothing because these uniforms had poor comfort (26.2%), fit (34.5%), hygiene (66.2%), and appearance (31.1%), and wearing them was psychologically uncomfortable (43.5%). Conclusions: More than half of the hospitalized patients dislike wearing patient clothing because they were unaware of its functions and were skeptical about its hygiene, comfortability, fit, and appearance. Therefore, these patients must be provided with comfortable, well fitting, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing clothing.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352013216300990AttitudeHygieneNursesPatient clothingPsychological discomfort |
| spellingShingle | Lu Liu Haofeng Zhao Gege Lu Yulu Ling Lingjie Jiang Huilan Cai Weijie Gao Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional survey International Journal of Nursing Sciences Attitude Hygiene Nurses Patient clothing Psychological discomfort |
| title | Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_full | Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_short | Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_sort | attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in tianjin china a cross sectional survey |
| topic | Attitude Hygiene Nurses Patient clothing Psychological discomfort |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352013216300990 |
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