Patient dignity in an acute hospital setting: A case study

Baillie, Lesley

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.08.003

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“…They are especially vulnerable to loss of dignity because impaired health results in loss of functions and greater physical dependency in acute hospitals. The hospital environment, such as staff behaviour, and patient factors affect patients' dignity (Baillie, 2009). The care should be holistic and focus on working with the patient's beliefs and values and involve patients in decision making.…”

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Older patients' perception of their own capacity to regain pre-fracture function after hip fracture surgery – an explorative qualitative study

Gesar

Hommel

Hedin

et al. 2017

International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

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“…Older patients are especially vulnerable to loss of dignity during acute hospital admission because impaired health results in loss of functions and a greater physical dependency. Staff behaviour and patient factors also affect patients' dignity (Baillie, 2009).…”

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Older patients' perception of their own capacity to regain pre-fracture function after hip fracture surgery – an explorative qualitative study

Gesar

Hommel

Hedin

et al. 2017

International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

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“…Such cognitive adaptation strategies would result in more positive evaluations of the inpatient area's physical conditions. Regarding the tendency for overestimation of the social environment (although we do not have the objective data to compare), we can make reference to the study of Baillie (2009), who interviewed patients and nurses in order to investigate patients' dignity in acute hospital settings, how it is promoted, and threatened. Most of the patients described adopting an attitude of acceptance and using humor to counteract threats to dignity (e.g., lack of privacy, curt or authoritarian staff behavior), which seemed to make them feel more comfortable.…”

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Inpatients’ and outpatients’ satisfaction: The mediating role of perceived quality of physical and social environment

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a b s t r a c tThis study analyses the processes through which the physical environment of health care settings impacts on patients' well-being. Specifically, we investigate the mediating role of perceptions of the physical and social environments, and if this process is moderated by patients' status, that is, if the objective physical environment impacts inpatients' and outpatients' satisfaction by different socialpsychological processes. Patients (N ¼ 206) evaluated the physical and social environments of the care unit where they were receiving treatment, and its objective physical conditions were independently evaluated by two architects. Results showed that the objective environmental quality affects satisfaction through perceptions of environmental quality, and that patients' status moderates this relationship. For inpatients, it is the perception of quality of the social environment that mediates the relationship between objective environmental quality and satisfaction, whereas for outpatients it is the perception of quality of the physical environment. This moderated mediation is discussed in terms of differences on patients' experiences of health care environments.

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“…Literature regarding dignity was plentiful but literature specifically targeted towards hospital clothing was found to be less numerous. However, investigation of these works [9][10][11][12]15,20,21 and the importance of complying with the Royal College of Radiologists' guidelines (2007) relating to patient clothing 22 allowed a set of questions to be constructed. It was structured to grade the comfort, fit, duration of wear and any embarrassment that patients felt while wearing hospital clothing.…”

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Covert observation to find if patient hospital clothing saves radiotherapy treatment room time, and the issue of a questionnaire to find if this is detrimental to patients’ experience of radiotherapy

Farnan

Blyth

2013

J Radiother Pract

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BackgroundRadiotherapy departments are having to work more efficiently to cope with increasing demand for radiotherapy resources. Radiotherapy treatment room efficiency may be increased by the introduction of hospital clothing as this negates the need for patient changing in the treatment room. However, studies have shown that hospital clothing can have a negative effect on patient dignity. It is therefore important to balance potential time saving with any detriment to patients.PurposeThis study examined the effect that hospital clothing had on the time patients spend in the treatment room and aimed to identify patients’ opinions of the clothing.Materials and methodsPotential time saving was determined by covertly timing patients currently undergoing radiotherapy treatment as they entered and exited the treatment room. A total of 348 patients were timed in their own clothing and 341 were timed when they wore hospital clothing. The timings of these two groups were compared to determine whether hospital clothing saved treatment unit time. Patient opinions of the clothing were examined by issuing a short questionnaire, designed to gather ordinal data, at the end of their course of treatment. Questionnaires were issued only to patients who had worn hospital clothing in the radiotherapy department.ResultsIntroducing hospital clothing saved a significant amount of treatment room time and patients were generally positive about wearing the clothing.ConclusionIt is suggested that hospital clothing is a welcome addition to the radiotherapy department to increase efficiency without detriment to patients.

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Patient dignity in an acute hospital setting: A case study

Cited by 242 publications

References 44 publications

Older patients' perception of their own capacity to regain pre-fracture function after hip fracture surgery – an explorative qualitative study

Older patients' perception of their own capacity to regain pre-fracture function after hip fracture surgery – an explorative qualitative study

Inpatients’ and outpatients’ satisfaction: The mediating role of perceived quality of physical and social environment

Covert observation to find if patient hospital clothing saves radiotherapy treatment room time, and the issue of a questionnaire to find if this is detrimental to patients’ experience of radiotherapy

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