Primary care provider beliefs and knowledge of prescribing gender-affirming hormone therapy to transgender and gender diverse patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transgender patients often cannot access a provider who is knowledgeable about providing gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT). This study evaluated primary care provider (PCP) comfort and experience with, opinions about, and knowledge of prescribing GAHT to adults.

Methods

An anonymous Qualtrics survey was distributed to PCPs in San Diego County. Fisher's exact test assessed any association between age, years in practice, or practice setting and 1) comfort in prescribing GAHT and 2) favorable statements about learning about, providing, and benefitting from training in GAHT. T-tests determined relationship between age, years in practice, or practice type setting with number of correctly answered multiple choice knowledge-based questions out of 4.

Results

SUBMITTER: Yip AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481314 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature