Adolescent Comfort With Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Collection and Preferences for Electronic Health Record Documentation in the Ambulatory Setting.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Assessing sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is a key element in delivering high quality health care to adolescents and young adults (AYAs). However, AYA perspectives on SOGI data collection remain understudied. Therefore, we aimed to assess perceived importance of and comfort with SOGI data collection.

Methods

AYA attending outpatient visits completed an anonymous survey. We assessed importance (Likert scale: 5 = strongly disagree to 1 = strongly agree) and comfort with various collection methods (yes/no), as well as willingness to share name and/or pronouns in the electronic health record (EHR) (yes/no). AYA were classified as transgender and gender diverse (TGD) versus cisgender; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, other versus heterosexual. Mean scores were ca

SUBMITTER: Pourian J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12440126 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature