Gender Role
Conditions
Keywords
Gender, Sex and gender, Patient preference, Osteopathic medicine
Brief summary
This study evaluates patients preference for the gender of their osteopath. All patients referring to an Italian private osteopathic clinic will receive a proper questionnaire before knowing the gender of their designed osteopath.
Detailed description
Several previous studies have shown that clinical contextual factors, such as patients preferences, play an important role in the patient-physical relationship, with resulting consequences on clinical outcomes. The interaction between the gender of both patient and physician is often impacted by existing stereotypes. Patient preference for specific physician gender has been investigated in scientific literature. However the are no studies that analyzed the role of gender in osteopathic medicine.
Interventions
OTHERGender Questionnaire
13-items questionnaire including demographics questions (gender, age, education; naive to osteopathic treatment or not; general gender preferences; specific gender preference in case of low back pain, neck pain, gastrointestinal disorders, musculoskeletal disorders of upper and lower limbs pain; headache; urogenital disorders
Sponsors
Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia di Milano
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
first visit at the osteopathic clinic (Centro di Medicina Osteopatica) Milan
Exclusion criteria
non-Italian speaking
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gender questionnaire (Self-reported 13-items questionnaire) | 1 day | * Patient's gender? * Patient's age? * Educational level? (middle school, high school, BSc, MSc, PhD) * Naive to osteopathic treatment? (yes/no) * Only if the answer of question 5 is yes, which was the osteopath's gender at your first osteopathic consultation? * Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender? * Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had low back pain? * Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had neck pain? * Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had gastrointestinal disorders? * Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had upper limb pain? * Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had lower limb pain? * Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had headache? * Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had urogenital disorders? Questions 7-13: Choose among: female, male, no preference |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed