Patients' and nurses' opinions about visible body tattoos.

Cilj istraživanja: Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati mišljenje pacijenata, medicinskih sestara i tehničara o vidljivim tjelesnim tetovažama te usporediti njihova mišljenja. Nacrt studije: Presječno istraživanje. Ispitanici i metode: U istraživanje je bilo uključeno 128 ispitanika (64 pacijenta i 64 zdravstvena djelatnika) u Kliničkom bolničkom centru Osijek. Ispitano je 38 (53,3 %) muškaraca te 90 (46,7 %) žena. Ispitanici su bili u dobi od 18 do 94 godine. Kao instrument istraživanja koristila sam izvorni upitnik. Podatci su statistički analizirani pomoću SPSS-a (inačica 16.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, SAD). Rezultati: Više od 60 % pacijenata i zdravstvenih djelatnika reklo je da ne bi pridavalo pažnju tome ima li zdravstveni djelatnik ili pacijent tetovažu. Uz nekoliko iznimaka, pacijenti i medicinske sestre/tehničari tetovaže su/nisu odobravali bez obzira na spol tetovirane osobe. Određeni se broj pacijenata izjasnio kako ne bi htio da im prilazi tetovirani zdravstveni djelatnik, suprotno tome, niti jedan zdravstveni djelatnik nije se izjasnio kako ne bi htio da mu prilazi tetovirani pacijent. Zdravstveni djelatnici češće su se osjećali opušteno u društvu tetoviranog pacijenta, nego li pacijent u društvu tetoviranog zdravstvenog djelatnika. Zaključak: Vidljive tjelesne tetovaže na medicinskim sestrama/tehničarima, kod vrlo malog broja ispitanika (pacijenata), još uvijek nisu prihvatljive. Prema rezultatima istraživanja upravo bi tetovaže bile krive za neuspjelu izgradnju povoljnog terapijskog odnosa. S druge strane, medicinske sestre/tehničari izgradili bi povoljan terapijski odnos s pacijentom koji ima vidljivu tjelesnu tetovažu isto kao što bi to učinili s pacijentom koji ju nema, tj. tetovaža ne bi stvarala barijeru prilikom kontakta s tetoviranim pacijentom.Aim: to determine patients’ and nurses’ opinions about visible body tattoos and then compare them. Study design: cross-sectional study. Patients and methods: Study included 128 respondents (64 patients and 64 nurses) at University Hospital Centre Osijek. 38 (53,3 %) men were examined, 35 of them were patients and 3 of them were medical technicians. 90 (46,7 %) women were examined, 29 of them were patients and 61 of them were nurses. The minimum age of the respondents was 18 and while the maximum age was 94. I used survey (that I designed) as a study measure. Data was statistically analysed by SPSS (version 16.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: More than 60 % of patients and nurses stated that they wouldn't pay attention to visible body tattoos on nurses or patients. With few exceptions, patients and nurses approved/did not approve tattoos no matter the gender of the tattooed person. Certain number of patients claimed that they don't want a tattooed nurse around them, opposite of that, none of the nurses claimed that they don't want a tattooed patient around them. Nurses often felt more comfortable around tattooed patients than patients around tattooed nurses. Conclusion: Visible body tattoos on nurses, in some of the respondents (patients), still aren't greeted with approval. From the study results, in certain number of patients, tattoos were blamed for lack of success in building an ideal therapeutic relationship. On the other side, nurses would build an ideal therapeutic relationship with a tattooed patient same as they would build with a patient without tattoos, i.e. tattoo wouldn't be an obstacle during contact with tattooed patient