Ekeroma Alec, Harillal Mahesh
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2003 Oct;43(5):354-9. doi: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00098.x.
To ascertain women's preferences in the gender and ethnicity of her obstetrician or gynaecologist and to determine whether there were differences in preferences among different ethnic and age groups.
A simple 11-item questionnaire was placed at the antenatal and gynaecological clinics provided by South Auckland Health. The questionnaire was voluntary and 848 women completed the questionnaire over a 4-month period.
Half of the women preferred a woman doctor and the other half had no preference. There was a 6% increase in preference for a woman doctor where an examination was required. Of the women who preferred a female doctor, 45% would change their preference if a chaperone were present. There was no disproportionate increase in preference for a woman doctor by the patient's ethnicity or age group. Most of the women did not think the ethnicity of her doctor mattered; however, 18% preferred the ethnicity of her doctor be similar to hers. There were more European women who preferred a European doctor and fewer Maori women would prefer a Maori doctor. Of the 9% of women who did not prefer a doctor of the same ethnicity to hers, Pacific Island women were over-represented.
This is the first study of this nature in New Zealand and the findings on preference for a female doctor are similar to those from other countries. The results of the present study did not show any difference in preference by women from the ethnicities studied and by age group. The use of a chaperone where a male doctor suggests an examination will reassure nearly half of those women who preferred a female doctor. Although most women did not think the ethnicity of her doctor mattered, there were distinct differences by ethnicity with more European women preferring a European doctor and fewer Maori women preferring a Maori doctor. A qualitative study is needed to ascertain reasons for these differences in preference.
确定女性对产科医生或妇科医生的性别及种族偏好，并判断不同种族和年龄组之间的偏好是否存在差异。
在南奥克兰健康机构提供的产前诊所和妇科诊所放置了一份简单的11项问卷。该问卷为自愿填写，848名女性在4个月内完成了问卷。
一半的女性更喜欢女医生，另一半则没有偏好。在需要进行检查的情况下，对女医生的偏好增加了6%。在更喜欢女医生的女性中，45%表示如果有陪诊人员在场，她们会改变偏好。患者的种族或年龄组对女医生的偏好没有不成比例的增加。大多数女性认为医生的种族并不重要；然而，18%的女性更喜欢医生的种族与自己相同。更喜欢欧洲医生的欧洲女性更多，而更喜欢毛利医生的毛利女性较少。在9%不喜欢与自己种族相同的医生的女性中，太平洋岛民女性占比过高。
这是新西兰首次进行此类性质的研究，关于对女医生偏好的研究结果与其他国家相似。本研究结果未显示所研究种族的女性和不同年龄组在偏好上有任何差异。当男医生建议进行检查时使用陪诊人员，将使近一半更喜欢女医生的女性感到安心。尽管大多数女性认为医生的种族并不重要，但不同种族之间存在明显差异，更多欧洲女性更喜欢欧洲医生，而更喜欢毛利医生的毛利女性较少。需要进行定性研究以确定这些偏好差异的原因。
