Sexual Orientation and Patient-Provider Communication About Sexual Problems or Concerns Among US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited patient-provider communication about sexual health is a crucial barrier to patients receiving treatment for sexual problems, and little is known about how patient sexual orientation is associated with patient-provider communication about sexual problems.

Objective

To describe the prevalence of patient-provider communication about sexual problems and the associations between communication and (1) persistent sexual problems and (2) whether those who identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual had disclosed their sexual orientation to their clinicians.

Design

Cross-sectional, online survey PARTICIPANTS: 4325 English-speaking US adults from KnowledgePanel®, a probability-based sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population.

Main measures

Sex

SUBMITTER: Flynn KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848742 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature