Draping in Dermatology: A Patient's Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Patient dignity is a core component of the Canadian health care system; however, there may be challenges to maintaining patient dignity in clinical settings requiring total body skin examination (TBSE) for adequate assessment and diagnosis. As standardized TBSE draping practices have not been investigated in a dermatology setting, we sought out to investigate subjective patient experiences of draping practices.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was performed using a paper survey in dermatology hospital clinics over a 6-month period to 150 patients.

Results

Draping was considered important by over 50% of patients surveyed (54.7%). Respondents who indicated that draping impacted their comfort level "a lot" or "very much" had a mean age of 52 and were

SUBMITTER: Cyr J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9729966 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature