Table 1 Physicians’ demographic characteristics by hospital
Combined (N = 180) | Hospital A without policy/training (N = 108) | Hospital B with policy/training (N = 72) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N, % | n, % | |||||
Age (M ± SD) | 50.1 ± 11.2 | 51.2 + 10.9 | 48.5 + 11.3 | |||
Yrs Experience (M ± SD) | 20.5 ± 11.9 | 21.1 ± 12.0 | 19.5 ± 11.8 | |||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 119 | 66.1 | 76 | 70.4 | 43 | 59.7 |
Female | 60 | 33.3 | 31 | 28.7 | 29 | 40.3 |
Transgender | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Declined Response | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
Orientation | ||||||
Straight | 174 | 96.7 | 103 | 95.4 | 71 | 98.6 |
Gay | 4 | 2.2 | 3 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.4 |
Bisexual | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Declined Response | 1 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
Marital Status | ||||||
Married | 161 | 89.4 | 97 | 89.8 | 64 | 88.9 |
Partnered | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 |
Single | 9 | 5.0 | 6 | 5.6 | 3 | 4.2 |
Divorced | 7 | 3.9 | 5 | 4.6 | 2 | 2.8 |
Widowed | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 |
Direct Care | ||||||
Provision | ||||||
Daily | 149 | 82.8 | 96 | 88.9 | 53 | 73.6 |
Weekly | 23 | 12.8 | 7 | 6.5 | 16 | 22.2 |
Monthly | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.4 |
Less than Monthly | 4 | 2.2 | 4 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Aware of gay, lesbian and bisexual | ||||||
patients in practice | 171 | 95.0 | 99 | 91.7 | 72 | 100.0 |
Unaware | 9 | 5.0 | 9 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Aware of transgender patients in practice | 171 | 95.0 | 99 | 91.7 | 72 | 100.0 |
Unaware | 9 | 5.0 | 9 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Received Training in LGBT Patient Care (Yes) | 27 | 15.0 | 17 | 15.7 | 10 | 13.9 |