2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Impressions and assessment of medical and care workers' uniforms among patients and facility users with different designs
| Project/Area Number |
25350081
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Clothing life/Dwelling life
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| Research Institution | Fukuoka Women's University (2015)
University of Nagasaki (2013-2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TOCHIHARA YUTAKA 九州大学, 芸術工学研究科, 名誉教授 (50095907)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 高齢者社会 / 介護服 / 高齢者 / 看護服 / 看護師 / 患者 / 印象評価 / 因子分析 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To examine impressions of medical (nursing) and care workers’ uniforms with different colors/designs, a survey was conducted, involving inpatients in the obstetric/gynecology ward and elderly users of a care facility. In both cases, warm and briht colors received the highest evaluation related to the category of “considerate and healing”. In relation to “a sense of responsibility/trust”, white and cool colors, as well as designs with a collar, received the highest evaluation. Elderly facility users regarded uniforms that clearly indicate the presence of care workers as the most favorable. In another survey involving nurses, their motivation to work increased with reduced stress when wearing uniforms they regarded as the most preferable, suggesting that uniforms with a high favorability for patients in terms of considerations are also psychologically favorable for nurses.
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| Free Research Field |
環境デザイン
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