- CODEN : IAJPBB
- issn 2349-7750
TITLE:
PATIENTS PREFERENCES FOR GENDER OF ENDOSCOPIST FOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
AUTHORS:
Asim Ali, Muhammad Usama, Muhammad Talha Awan, Azhar Hussain
ABSTRACT:
Introduction: Endoscopy is one of the fields that have completely changed our vision of looking into the GI diseases and their treatment. To choose doctor on gender basis is evident in many specialties like gastroenterology where patient preferences regarding the gender of their physicians are a highly sensitive issue and this study highlights this issue in particular. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Department of Gastroenterology, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore from March 2018 to January 2019. Data was collected with non-probability consecutive sampling. Consecutive patient schedule for elective outpatient upper or lower endoscopy were potentially asked to complete questionnaire on demographic factors including age , marital status , employment status , education , height, and weight , sex preferences for the endoscopist who perform the EGD and colonoscopy etc. Results: Of 2148 patients, 1161(54.1%) were males and 987(45.9%) were females. During research, 1686(78.6%) patients underwent upper GI endoscopy, 350(16.3%) patients underwent lower GI endoscopy, 82(3.8%) patients upper and lower GI endoscopy, 14(0.7%) patients underwent ERCP and 16(0.7%) patients underwent peg tube insertion. 682(31.8%) preferred male endoscopist, 689(32.1%) preferred female endoscopist while 777(36.2%) showed no preference at all. The relationship of gender preference and religion, education, endoscopic procedure, family pressure, competency of doctor, personal comfort level, previous experience with the same doctor and satisfaction of the patients was statistically significant with p>0.05. Conclusion: One third of patients showed their preference for particular gender of doctor. Mostly patients preferred their endoscopist to be of similar sex. By heeding the patients’ preferences for particular procedure will enhance and facilitate the trustful atmosphere in the clinical setting , lessen the level of uncertainty and stress of both doctor and patient, and thus, enchanting better and favorable treatment and increasing compliance and adherence to endoscopic surveillance programs. Keywords: Gender preferences, Endoscopy, compliance and adherence
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