Testing active choice for screening practitioner's gender in endoscopy among disinclined women: An online experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A large proportion of women have a preference for a same-gender endoscopy practitioner. We tested how information about practitioner gender affected intention to have bowel scope screening in a sample of women disinclined to have the test.

Methods

In an online experimental survey, women aged 35-54 living in England who did not intend to participate in bowel scope screening (N = 1060) were randomised to one of four experimental conditions: (1) control (practitioner's gender is unknown), (2) opposite-gender (male practitioner by default), (3) same gender (female practitioner by default), and (4) active choice (the patient could choose the gender of the practitioner). Intention was measured following the interventions.

Results

Of 1010 (95.3%) women who complet

SUBMITTER: Stoffel ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484820 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature