대한예방한의학회지 (Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine)

대한예방한의학회 (Society of Preventive Korean Medicine)
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한방병원 외래 환자의 한의사 복장에 따른 선호도에 관한 연구 - 한의사 복장에 따른 선호도에 관한 연구 -

Patients Preference for Korean Medicine Doctors' Attire: a Survey of Outpatients at a University Hospital

  • 류한성 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 이인 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 한창우 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 김소연 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의과학과) ;
  • 홍진우 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 박성하 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 권정남 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 최준용 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의과학과)
  • Ryu, Han-Sung (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, In (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Han, Chang Woo (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, So Yeon (Department of Korean Medical Science, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Hong, Jin Woo (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park, Seong Ha (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kwon, Jung Nam (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Choi, Jun-Yong (Department of Korean Medical Science, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 투고 : 2013.09.03
  • 심사 : 2013.12.18
  • 발행 : 2013.12.31
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Purpose : This study was conducted to assess whether Korean medicine doctors' attire influences patients' preference (confidence, comfortability, neatness) in a university hospital. Materials and Methods : Employing a cross-sectional design, outpatients answered a questionnaire in a university hospital of Korean Medicine. Respondents were asked for completing the questionnaire to estimate their preference of doctor's attire for confidence, comfortability and neatness after watching 4 types of attire in both male and female Korean medicine doctors, including white coat, traditional attire, formal suit and casual clothes. Whether Korean medicine doctors' attire on a patients' preference is important was also asked for the respondents using a 5-point Likert scale. Results : All 175 patients were enrolled, of whom 38.9% were male respondents, 46.3% graduated from a university at least and mean age of responders was 47.1. Most had a tendency for preferring white coat followed by traditional attire and only a small portion of respondents preferred for formal suit and casual clothes. When comparing preferences in confidence between white coat and traditional attire only, male patients preferred white coat more than female patients did with statistical significance. In addition, 85.4% of respondents answered that Korean medicine doctors' attire is important to a clinical situation with higher ratio of female respondents (87.9%) than male respondents (80.9%). Conclusion : Patients preferred white coat and traditional attire mostly for the Korean Medicine doctor's attire with only small preference for formal suit and casual clothes. Also, Patients recognized that Korean medicine doctors' attire is important in the clinical situation.

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