MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Todd C. Lee, MD, MPH
Division of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
McGill Centre for Quality Improvement, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Lee: We found that in our cross-sectional study of six inpatient units in five hospitals that, in general, only 11% of patients were wearing lower body garments despite the fact that probably 55% of them could have been doing so. The remainder were wearing open backed gowns. When specifically asked, the majority of these patients would like to have been afforded the opportunity to wear more dignified attire and the patients were surprised that they were allowed to do so.
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