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

August 7, 2019 updated by: Viviana Pisa, Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia di Milano
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

105

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
    • MI
      • Milan, MI, Italy, 20126
        • Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adult patients referring to Centro di Medicina Osteopatica for the first visit.

Description

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

Exclusion Criteria: non-Italian speaking

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Patients referring to an osteopathic clinic - CMO, Milan
Adults, age>18 years, first visit at osteopathic clinic (Centro di Medicina Osteopatica)
Other: Gender Questionnaire
13-items questionnaire including demographics questions (gender, age, education; naive to osteopathic treatment or not; general gender preferences; specific gender preference in case of low back pain, neck pain, gastrointestinal disorders, musculoskeletal disorders of upper and lower limbs pain; headache; urogenital disorders

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Gender questionnaire (Self-reported 13-items questionnaire)
Time Frame: 1 day
  • Patient's gender?
  • Patient's age?
  • Educational level? (middle school, high school, BSc, MSc, PhD)
  • Naive to osteopathic treatment? (yes/no)
  • Only if the answer of question 5 is yes, which was the osteopath's gender at your first osteopathic consultation?
  • Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender?
  • Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had low back pain?
  • Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had neck pain?
  • Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had gastrointestinal disorders?
  • Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had upper limb pain?
  • Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had lower limb pain?
  • Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had headache?
  • Which would be your favorite osteopath's gender if you had urogenital disorders? Questions 7-13: Choose among: female, male, no preference
1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia di Milano

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Silvia Ratti, MSc, Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia (ISO)

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

February 15, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 21, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 4, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

June 6, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 9, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 7, 2019

Last Verified

August 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 052018

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

There is not a plan to make IPD available

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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