Female Patient Preferences Regarding Physician Gender

Female Patient Preferences Regarding Physician Gender; is There a Difference? A National Survey

This is a cross sectional survey study to describe female patient preferences when choosing their OB/GYN and other providers.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Female Patient Preference

Detailed Description

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published that as of 2009, 79.7% of the Obstetrics and Gynecology residents were female. Given the striking decline in male providers selecting OB/GYN in more recent years, it is critical to characterize patient preferences in the current environment.

Nevertheless, it is not clear that females have strong preferences regarding gender. We hope to better understand the influence of bias on physician gender in present day.

The purpose of this study is to describe female population preference based on physician gender and specialty.

The study will be conducted on an online platform distributed across the United States by the aid of SurveyMonkey® .

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1015

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45220
      • Cincinnati Urogynecology Associates

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Female population residing in the USA

Description

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unwillingness to participate in the study
• Lack of access to the internet
• Non-English speaking

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Proportion of Female Respondents Having Their Preferences Based on Physician Gender for the OB/GYN Care	Proportion of female respondents whose responses are "Male physician" or "Female physician" over "No preference" for the question 15, "For my obstetrician/gynecologist, overall I would prefer a..."	During a 10 minute period of completing the survey electronically
Proportion of Female Respondents Having Their Preferences Based on Physician Gender for the Primary Care Physician	Proportion of female respondents whose responses are "Male physician" or "Female physician" over "No preference" for the question 16, "For my primary care physician, overall I would prefer a..."	During a 10 minute period of completing the survey electronically

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: TriHealth Inc.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Rachel Pauls, MD, TriHealth - Cincinnati Urogynecology Associates

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 5, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 6, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): May 6, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 10, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 18, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): January 22, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 1, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 19, 2022
• Last Verified: October 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 18-113

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No