Mezzalira Selene, Cruciani Gianluca, Quintigliano Maria, Bochicchio Vincenzo, Carone Nicola, Scandurra Cristiano
Department of Humanities, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2025 Jun 17;15(6):113. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe15060113.
Among transgender binary and nonbinary/queer (TNBQ) individuals, perceived stigma has been documented to be significantly associated with health disparities that diminish overall quality of life. The present study examined the serial mediating roles of patient-provider relationship quality and perceived barriers to care in the association between perceived stigma and quality of life among TNBQ individuals residing in Italy. Data were collected from 132 TNBQ participants aged 18-60 years ( = 28.52, = 8.57) through an online survey assessing perceived stigma, patient-provider relationship quality, perceived barriers to care, and quality of life. A serial mediation model was analyzed using Model 6 of the SPSS Macro Process, version 29, and separately applied to two subgroups of TNBQ participants (i.e., binary and nonbinary) to detect potential differences. Findings indicated that in both groups (i.e., binary and nonbinary populations), when considered independently, only perceived barriers to care-but not patient-provider relationship quality-mediated the relationship between perceived stigma and quality of life. A serial mediation effect was also observed, wherein the relationship between perceived stigma and quality of life was mediated sequentially through patient-provider relationship quality and barriers to care, but only for the binary group. These findings hold significant clinical relevance, as improving the perceived quality of patient-provider relationships may help reduce perceived barriers to healthcare access. In turn, this may attenuate the detrimental effects of perceived stigma on the quality of life among TNBQ individuals.
在跨性别二元和非二元/酷儿(TNBQ)个体中,已有文献记载,感知到的污名与健康差距显著相关,而健康差距会降低整体生活质量。本研究考察了患者与医疗服务提供者关系质量以及感知到的就医障碍在居住在意大利的TNBQ个体的感知污名与生活质量之间的关联中的系列中介作用。通过一项在线调查收集了132名年龄在18至60岁之间的TNBQ参与者的数据(平均年龄 = 28.52岁,标准差 = 8.57),该调查评估了感知污名、患者与医疗服务提供者关系质量、感知到的就医障碍和生活质量。使用SPSS宏程序版本29中的模型6分析了一个系列中介模型,并分别应用于TNBQ参与者的两个亚组(即二元和非二元)以检测潜在差异。研究结果表明,在两组(即二元和非二元人群)中,单独考虑时,只有感知到的就医障碍——而不是患者与医疗服务提供者关系质量——介导了感知污名与生活质量之间的关系。还观察到了一种系列中介效应,即感知污名与生活质量之间的关系依次通过患者与医疗服务提供者关系质量和就医障碍介导,但仅适用于二元组。这些发现具有重要的临床意义,因为改善患者与医疗服务提供者关系的感知质量可能有助于减少感知到的医疗服务获取障碍。反过来,这可能会减轻感知污名对TNBQ个体生活质量的不利影响。
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