Elizabeth Raybould Centre, Dartford, UK.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2023 Mar 2;29(3):1-6. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2022.0389. Epub 2023 Mar 15.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Those identifying as transgender make up a significant and growing number of individuals. They face discrimination in healthcare and have been known to have adverse physical and mental health outcomes because of stigma. A study was carried out to ascertain how doctors perceive and interact with their transgender patients.
The attitudes of doctors, working in mental and physical healthcare settings in a borough in south-east England, towards transgender patients were evaluated by administering a standardised questionnaire.
The response rate was 22%. Most doctors who responded had encountered a transgender patient, but consultants were more likely to identify and interact with them comfortably, used their preferred pronouns, and knew about policies relating to their care than trainee doctors.
These findings add to the growing data regarding the perceptions about transgender patients in healthcare settings.
背景/目的：跨性别者人数众多且不断增加。他们在医疗保健中面临歧视，并且由于污名而导致身心健康状况不佳。本研究旨在了解医生如何看待和与跨性别患者互动。
通过发放标准化问卷，评估了在英格兰东南部一个自治市镇的精神和身体保健机构工作的医生对跨性别患者的态度。
回应率为 22%。大多数回应的医生都遇到过跨性别患者，但顾问比实习医生更有可能舒适地识别和与他们互动、使用他们喜欢的代词，并且了解与他们护理相关的政策。
这些发现增加了关于医疗保健环境中对跨性别患者看法的不断增加的数据。
