title: Nurses' uniform color and feelings/emotions in school-aged children receiving health care.
abstract: Children may fear nurses wearing white uniforms. When emotions and uniform color were studied in 233 children, many positive emotions were most often associated with blue, bold pink-patterned, or yellow-patterned tops (all p ≤ .002). Negative emotions were not associated with uniform top colors (all p < .001). However, after excluding "uniform color does not matter," 8 negative emotions were most often associated with white uniform color (p < .001-.04), and 2 others were most often associated with the yellow-patterned top. Bold pink-patterned and solid blue uniform tops were preferred. In conclusion, children's emotions were associated with nurse uniform color.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Research and Innovation, Nursing Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. albertn@ccf.org
authors.forename: Nancy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bena
authors.forename: Shannon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forney
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krajewski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D003020:Clothing; D003116:Color; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D057240:Patient Preference; D010371:Pediatric Nursing