A gown closed in front and open in the back has a wide belt secured to the inner, front portion of the gown. The belt passes through slits in the side portions of the gown, and one end portion of the belt is slidable in a longitudinal slit in the other end portion so that the patient can roll from side to side without restraint, the ends of the belt being secured to opposite sides of a bed or chair.

A tightening and elastic tautness adjustment device for a garment or sanitary protection or alike implement to be tightly worn comprises: at least a first elastic textile band formed of a plurality of parallel elastic strips (2) extending from a first edge of said garment or sanitary protection, their free ends being sewn onto a first strip (8) of hooked "Velcro" material, and at least a second elastic textile band similarly formed of a plurality of parallel elastic strips (2') extending from a second edge of said garment or sanitary protection opposed to the first edge, and interlaced with the parallel strips (2) of the first band, their free ends being sewn onto a second strip of hooked "Velcro" material. Said mutually interlaced multistrip elastic bands, being stretchable by pulling apart the two "Velcro" strips, the opposite edges of the sanitary protection or garment pulling toward another and the two "Velcro strips may then be anchored on cooperating "Velcro" pads present on the outer surface of the sanitary protection or garment. The ends of the parallel elastic strips of each band may be permanently sewn onto the respective opposite edges of the sanitary protection or garment, or onto a second pair of "Velcro" strips for realizing the device in a removable form.