ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2024
Public Perception of Scrub Color and Style in Plastic Surgery.
Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Impact of Scrub Color on Patient Perceptions of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons: A Cross-Sectional Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Scrubs have become widespread office attire for plastic surgeons. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the public perception of scrub color and style for plastic surgeons. Methods: A crowdsourced survey was performed via MTurk. Respondents were asked to rate images of a surgeon dressed in black, navy, blue, and green scrubs as well as traditional or fitted scrubs. Qualities including representativeness, skill, trustworthiness, knowledge, and compassion were rated on a Likert scale across all images. Analysis of variance and one-sided Results: In total, 562 responses were collected. For female plastic surgeons, navy and blue scrubs were perceived to be superior to those wearing black for skill, representativeness, trustworthiness, and compassion ( Conclusions: Black scrubs are associated with more negative characteristics than navy or blue scrubs, which were found to be the most positively perceived. Fitted scrubs were associated with positive characteristics for both male and female surgeons. The purchase of fitted scrubs may be a worthwhile purchase to maximize the patient-physician relationship.
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