Table 2 Descriptive statistics for physicians’ attitudes toward sexual and gender minority individuals
Full Sample | Hospital A without policy/training | Hospital B with policy/training | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean/Median | SD | Range | N | Mean/Median | SD | Range | N | Mean/Median | SD | Range | Mann–Whitney Tests/t-tests | |
Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Non-Patients | 176 | 26.9 | 9.9 | 12–55 | 105 | 28.8 | 2.6 | 12--55 | 71 | 24.1 | 9.0 | 12–49 | z = −3.04, p = .002 |
Attitudes Toward Gay Men Subscale | 179 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 3–15 | 108 | 7.2 | 2.6 | 3–15 | 71 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 3–13 | z = −3.16, p = .002 |
Attitudes Toward Lesbians Subscale | 179 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 3–15 | 107 | 7.2 | 2.6 | 3–15 | 72 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 3–13 | z = −3.10, p = .002 |
Attitudes Toward Bisexuals Subscale | 178 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 3–14 | 106 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 3–14 | 72 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 3–14 | z = −3.0, p = .003 |
Attitudes Toward Transgender People Subscale | 178 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 3–12 | 106 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 3–12 | 72 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 3–11 | z = −2.5, p = .012 |
Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients | 176 | 12.2 | 2.9 | 6–21 | 106 | 12.0 | 2.8 | 6–20 | 70 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 6–21 | t(174) = −0.92, p = .357 |
Sexual and Gender Minority Affirmative Practice Scale | 173 | 42.1 | 8.5 | 11–55 | 104 | 42.0 | 8.6 | 11–55 | 69 | 42.3 | 8.3 | 20–55 | z = −0.44, p = .661 |
Knowledge of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Patients | 169 | 12.1 | 1.3 | 6–13 | 102 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 6–13 | 67 | 12.2 | 1.5 | 7–13 | z = −1.68, p = .092 |