Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Örnsköldsvik Hospital, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
Psychiatric Emergency Department, Vrinnevi Hospital, Region Östergötland, Norrköping, Sweden.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2021 Jun;35(2):600-607. doi: 10.1111/scs.12876. Epub 2020 Jul 20.
Transgender persons face barriers to health care including discrimination and lack of awareness by professionals. This study aimed to describe transgender persons' experiences of encounters with healthcare staff.
Participants were recruited through postings in social media and on websites targeting people identifying as transgender. Through an online form, 21 people identifying as transgender provided written self-reports. These were analysed using a method for inductive qualitative content analysis. The study was conducted in Sweden in 2018.
The results describe transgender persons' experiences and perceptions of encounters with healthcare staff in one theme: treat me with respect, and three main categories: accept me for who I am; treat me according to my needs; and meet me with competence.
Healthcare professionals can contribute in restoring and upholding transgender people's trust in health care by accepting their identity and focusing on their healthcare needs while also being informed about transgender people's needs and realities. A key point in this is recognising transgender person's vulnerability to violations of dignity in relation to health care.
跨性别者在获得医疗保健方面面临障碍,包括专业人员的歧视和缺乏认识。本研究旨在描述跨性别者与医疗保健人员接触的经历。
通过在社交媒体和针对跨性别者的网站上发布信息,招募参与者。21 名自认为跨性别的人通过在线表格提供了书面自述。使用一种归纳定性内容分析方法对这些内容进行了分析。该研究于 2018 年在瑞典进行。
研究结果描述了跨性别者在与医疗保健人员接触时的经历和看法,主题为:尊重我,三个主要类别为:接受我本来的样子;根据我的需求对待我;并以能力相待。
医疗保健专业人员可以通过接受他们的身份并关注他们的医疗需求,同时了解跨性别者的需求和现实,为恢复和维护跨性别者对医疗保健的信任做出贡献。这方面的一个关键点是认识到跨性别者在与医疗保健相关的尊严受到侵犯方面的脆弱性。