Foster Parker, Luebke Marie, Razzak Abrahim N, Anderson Danyon J, Hasoon Jamal, Viswanath Omar, Kaye Alan D, Urits Ivan
School of Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin.
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.
Health Psychol Res. 2023 Sep 2;11:84273. doi: 10.52965/001c.84273. eCollection 2023.
Heavy societal stigma of certain conditions has created an environment where individuals may be hesitant to seek professional care. Urology is a specialized field that focuses on many of these conditions that society has deemed taboo to discuss. In this review, we address barriers that have prevented patients from seeking urologic care in order to better understand and elucidate important concerns within development of the physician-patient relationship. Recognizing these concerns can also assist in public health outreach approaches to motivate patients for seeking urologic care. The scope of this review was limited to three highly prevalent conditions affecting both men and women, including urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause.
对某些病症的严重社会污名化营造了一种环境，使得个人可能会对寻求专业护理犹豫不决。泌尿外科是一个专注于许多被社会视为禁忌而不宜讨论的病症的专业领域。在本综述中，我们探讨了阻碍患者寻求泌尿外科护理的障碍，以便更好地理解和阐明医患关系发展中的重要问题。认识到这些问题也有助于采取公共卫生推广方法，激励患者寻求泌尿外科护理。本综述的范围限于影响男性和女性的三种高度普遍的病症，包括尿失禁、勃起功能障碍和绝经泌尿生殖综合征。
