Transgender People's Experiences Sharing Information With Clinicians: A Focus Group-Based Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Investigating transgender people's experiences sharing health information in clinical encounters may yield insights for family medicine clinicians.

Methods

This was a qualitative study using a community-based participatory research approach and interpretive description methodology. Seven qualitative focus groups were conducted with 30 transgender adults living in North America. We used purposive sampling to ensure diversity. The focus groups were transcribed verbatim, and 2 investigators independently reviewed and coded each transcript, then they mutually reviewed the transcripts, reconciled their coding, and summarized the codes into themes. Themes were reviewed with community members, participants, and uninvolved clinically oriented investigators for member checkin

SUBMITTER: Alpert AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10519763 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature