Draping in Dermatology: A Physician's Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient dignity is a core component of medicine and health care, yet maintaining patient dignity can be challenging in clinical settings in dermatology, specifically during a total body skin examinations (TBSE) for appropriate assessment and diagnosis. A recent study evaluated patient perspectives in dermatology. The purpose of this study was to investigate current draping practices and perspectives from a physicians' perspective.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was performed with the use of study-specific questionnaire distributed to staff dermatologists and dermatology residents across Canada.

Results

A total of 117 physicians were included (84 attending dermatologists and 33 dermatology residents). Nearly all staff and resident dermatologists (90.6%) ind

SUBMITTER: Gresham L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature