TY - JOUR
T1 - A Content Analysis of Osteopaths’ Attitudes for a More Inclusive Clinical Practice towards Transgender People
AU - Baldin, Irene
AU - Esteves, Jorge E.
AU - Tramontano, Marco
AU - Macdonald, Mia
AU - Baroni, Francesca
AU - Lunghi, Christian
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for all the help and support of the heads of the Arcigay Varese Trans Group, Clara Baldin, and Yvan Molinari. Additionally, S?nia Koch Esteves is to be thanked for her support, along with Shamir Sartorelli, for the help in translating participants? quotations.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Objectives. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the attitudes, beliefs, and preferences of Italian osteopaths regarding the management of transgender patients through a content analysis of emergent data from semi-structured interviews. Methods. This study was a content analysis based on the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines. Purposive sampling of 10 Italian osteopaths was applied. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, from March to April 2021, and subsequently transcribed verbatim with the content analysis carried out as an iterative process. Results. One participant was excluded during the first interview due to them being unsuitable for this study. Data saturation was reached after two interviews with the remaining nine participants. Data analysis revealed four main themes: microaggressions, acceptance and non-judgement, person-centered treatment, and education implementation. Conclusions. This study presents cisgender Italian osteopaths’ attitudes in the care of transgender people, revealing the desire to embrace and apply osteopathic tenets regardless of the patient’s gender identity.
AB - Objectives. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the attitudes, beliefs, and preferences of Italian osteopaths regarding the management of transgender patients through a content analysis of emergent data from semi-structured interviews. Methods. This study was a content analysis based on the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines. Purposive sampling of 10 Italian osteopaths was applied. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, from March to April 2021, and subsequently transcribed verbatim with the content analysis carried out as an iterative process. Results. One participant was excluded during the first interview due to them being unsuitable for this study. Data saturation was reached after two interviews with the remaining nine participants. Data analysis revealed four main themes: microaggressions, acceptance and non-judgement, person-centered treatment, and education implementation. Conclusions. This study presents cisgender Italian osteopaths’ attitudes in the care of transgender people, revealing the desire to embrace and apply osteopathic tenets regardless of the patient’s gender identity.
KW - cisnormativity
KW - inclusivity
KW - microaggressions
KW - osteopathic medicine
KW - transgender
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127396432&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85127396432&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/healthcare10030562
DO - 10.3390/healthcare10030562
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127396432
SN - 2227-9032
VL - 10
JO - Healthcare (Switzerland)
JF - Healthcare (Switzerland)
IS - 3
M1 - 562
ER -