Assessment of Patient-Centered Approaches to Collect Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information in the Emergency Department: The EQUALITY Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health care and government organizations call for routine collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) information in the clinical setting, yet patient preferences for collection methods remain unknown.

Objective

To assess of the optimal patient-centered approach for SOGI collection in the emergency department (ED) setting.

Design, setting, and participants

This matched cohort study (Emergency Department Query for Patient-Centered Approaches to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity [EQUALITY] Study) of 4 EDs on the east coast of the United States sequentially tested 2 different SOGI collection approaches between February 2016 and March 2017. Multivariable ordered logistic regression was used to assess whether either SOGI collection method wa

SUBMITTER: Haider A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324335 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature