We only ever see these women, devoted to their professional lives as they are, in one mode of dress -- business attire -- but each finds a way to make the work uniform her own.
Geography was found to influence perceptions of attire, perhaps reflecting cultural, fashion or ethnic expectations.
-What kind of attire do the participants wear?
He also regrets his choice of attire.
Although patients often prefer formal physician attire, perceptions of attire are influenced by age, locale, setting and context of care.
13 For all studies, we abstracted the number of patients, context of clinical care, physician specialty, type of attire tested, method of assessing the impact of attire and outcomes including patient trust, satisfaction, confidence or synonyms thereof.
We excluded studies involving only paediatric and psychiatric patients because perceptions of attire were felt unreliable in these settings.
Studies were included if they: (1) involved adults ≥18 years of age; (2) evaluated physician attire; (3) reported patient-centered outcomes such as satisfaction, perception, trust, attitudes or comfort; and, (4) studied the impact of attire on these outcomes.
15 Notably, patient age was often predictive of attire preference with patients older than 40 years of age uniformly preferring formal attire compared to younger patients in seven studies.
The instruments used to obtain patient input regarding physician attire included pictures of male and female models dressed in various attire, written descriptions of attire, as well as feedback regarding physician encounters either before or after a clinical service was provided to the patient.
