Table 4. Hospital attire of women doctors at King Khalid University Hospital.

	Marital status			P-value
Regarding the face veil (niqab)	Married	Single/divorced	Total
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
I do not wear the veil	38 (58.5)	29 (46)	67 (52.3)	0.159†
I wear the veil	27 (41.5)	34 (54)	61 (47.7)
Total	65 (100)	63 (100)	128 (100)
Dress code	Nationality			P-value
	Non-Saudis	Saudis	Total
Scrubs	7 (20)	28 (30.1)	35 (27.3)	0.013*†
Skirt & blouse	15 (42.9)	55 (59.1)	70 (54.7)
Trousers & blouse	13 (37.1)	10 (10.8)	23 (18)
Total	35 (100)	93 (100)	128 (100)
	Gender		Total	P-value
	Female	Male
Female trainees can wear scrubs under white coats
Agree	118 (91.5)	136 (77.7)	254 (83.6)	0.006*†
Neutral or Uncertain	7 (5.4)	22 (12.6)	29 (9.5)
Disagree	4 (3.1)	17 (9.7)	21 (6.9)
Total	129 (100)	175 (100)	304 (100)
Veil prevents optimal doctor to patient communication since the doctor's face is hidden
Agree	42 (32.6)	35 (20)	77 (25.3)	0.008*†
Neutral or Uncertain	27 (20.9)	28 (16)	55 (18.1)
Disagree	60 (46.5)	112 (64)	172 (56.6)
Total	129 (100)	175 (100)	304 (100)
All female doctors should wear the veil since they examine male patients
Agree	8 (6.2)	29 (16.6)	37 (12.2)	0.000**†
Neutral or Uncertain	17 (13.2)	41 (23.4)	58 (19.1)
Disagree	104 (80.6)	105 (60)	209 (68.8)
Total	129 (100)	175 (100)	304 (100)
Male and female doctors' attire should comply with infection control guidelines of keeping sleeves above the wrists and pinning head scarves and veils.
Agree	85 (65.9)	123 (70.3)	208 (68.4)	0.530*†
Neutral or Uncertain	32 (24.8)	34 (19.4)	66 (21.7)
Disagree	12 (9.3)	18 (10.3)	30 (9.9)
Total	129 (100)	175 (100)	304 (100)

*P-value<0.05

**P-value<0.0001

†Chi-square test