Clinical trial NCT03546114: Does Gender Matter? Patient Preference in an Italian Osteopathic Clinical Setting
Official title: Does Gender Matter? Patient Preference in an Italian Osteopathic Clinical Setting
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Gender Role
Keywords: Gender
Sex and gender
Patient preference
Osteopathic medicine
Lead sponsor: Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia di Milano
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-06-06
Enrollment: 105
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adult patients referring to Centro di Medicina Osteopatica for the first visit.

Brief summary: This study evaluates patients preference for the gender of their osteopath. All patients referring to an Italian private osteopathic clinic will receive a proper questionnaire before knowing the gender of their designed osteopath.

Detailed description: Several previous studies have shown that clinical contextual factors, such as patients preferences, play an important role in the patient-physical relationship, with resulting consequences on clinical outcomes.

The interaction between the gender of both patient and physician is often impacted by existing stereotypes.

Patient preference for specific physician gender has been investigated in scientific literature.

However the are no studies that analyzed the role of gender in osteopathic medicine.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria: first visit at the osteopathic clinic (Centro di Medicina Osteopatica) Milan

Exclusion Criteria: non-Italian speaking

Primary outcomes:
measure: Gender questionnaire (Self-reported 13-items questionnaire)
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Milan
country: Italy
facility: Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia
state: MI
Study officials:
affiliation: Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia (ISO)
name: Silvia Ratti, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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