Does Gender Matter? Patient Preference in an Italian Osteopathic Clinical Setting

Gender Role Clinical Trial

Official title: Does Gender Matter? Patient Preference in an Italian Osteopathic Clinical Setting

Status Completed

Clinical Trial 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.

Clinical Trial 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. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gender Role

• NCT number: NCT03546114
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia di Milano
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2018
• Completion date: February 15, 2019