Quotes supporting the theme “gown aesthetics”
| Primary stakeholder group (primary domain) | Participant quote |
|---|---|
| Patient or family member no. 5 (psychiatric) | Well, they are ugly. I didn’t feel attractive at all in the gown, I didn’t feel dressed up — like when I wear my t-shirt and my flannel, I feel dressed up compared to the gown. The gown slumps and is long — like, it went down to your knees and it looked very old fashioned. I just think they’re ugly. |
| Clinician no. 6 (nurse in obstetrics) | I think the blue with the pattern on is just like a bummer. I know it sounds silly … You look like a bedsheet. |
| Clinician no. 1 (physician in emergency care) | I just feel like as soon as you put one of those things on people, suddenly, it is like this illness behaviour that goes with it, this stereotype that goes with the Johnny shirt hospital gown and all of a sudden it looks like you are sick. |
| Clinician no. 10 (nurse in emergency care) | A lot of people say it’s ugly and there’s a lot of negative comments usually. |
| System stakeholder no. 11 (health care leadership) | I think that we can do quite a bit in terms of improving the looks of them … the ones we have here … blue and white pattern or they’re completely blue and they’re ugly. They just look institutional. |