Attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing in Tianjin, China: A cross-sectional survey

ObjectiveTo assess the attitudes of hospitalized patients toward wearing patient clothing and identify the factors those influence their negative attitudes.MethodsA 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.ResultsAround 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%).ConclusionsMore 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.