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

NCT03546114 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 052018
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 105
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Gender Role

Keywords

Gender; Sex and gender; Patient preference; Osteopathic medicine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Gender questionnaire (Self-reported 13-items questionnaire)

  * 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

Study Arms (1)

Patients referring to an osteopathic clinic - CMO, Milan

Adults, age\>18 years, first visit at osteopathic clinic (Centro di Medicina Osteopatica)

Other: Gender Questionnaire

Interventions

Gender Questionnaire OTHER

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

Patients referring to an osteopathic clinic - CMO, Milan

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia di Milano: lead

Study Sites (1)

Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia

Milan, MI, 20126, Italy

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coitus; Patient Preference

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior; Patient Satisfaction; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Silvia Ratti, MSc

  Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia (ISO)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 21, 2018
• First Posted: June 6, 2018
• Study Start: April 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2019
• Study Completion: February 15, 2019
• Last Updated: August 9, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IT (1)