Prevalence and factors associated with gender incongruence in French healthcare professionals : results from a nationwide survey

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OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to explore gender incongruence among French healthcare professionals and its associated factors.

STUDY DESIGN: Nationwide online cross-sectional survey.

METHODS: Healthcare professionals were recruited from May 2, 2021, to June 30, 2021, through social networks, professional networks, and email invitations. A multivariate regression model was used to analyze the association between gender incongruence and socio-demographic, professional, mental health, and addiction behavior factors.

RESULTS: The study included 10,325 healthcare professionals, indicating a prevalence of gender incongruence at 2.6% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.3-2.9%). In multivariate analyses, we found that healthcare professionals with gender incongruence, when compared to their counterparts, exhibited the following characteristics: they were more frequently male (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.88, 95% CI: [1.42-2.48], p < 0.001), less frequently physicians (aOR = 0.18, 95%CI: [0.11-0.29], p < 0.001), health executives (aOR = 0.51 [0.34-0.77], p = 0.001), nurses (aOR = 0.47, 95%CI: [0.33-0.68], p < 0.001), and other allied professionals (aOR = 0.33, 95%CI [0.23-0.49], p < 0.001) than nurse assistants, they consumed antidepressants more frequently (aOR = 1.52, 95%CI: [1.02-2.26], p = 0.041) and were more likely to be tobacco smokers (aOR = 1.34 (1.02-1.77), p = 0.035). We did not observe any significant associations with age, hazardous drinking, sustained bullying at the work place, or sexual-orientation-based discrimination (all p > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Gender incongruence should be taken into account at the management, colleague, or institution levels. We found that the professionals reporting gender incongruence consumed more antidepressants and smoked more, which may indicate a certain level of distress that warrants further investigation.

PROTOCOL REGISTRATION: IRB n°C08/21.01.06.93911, CNIL. The protocol was published DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2021.06.001.

TRIAL AND PROTOCOL REGISTRATION: The protocol was published DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2021.06.001.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:228

Enthalten in:

Public health - 228(2024) vom: 31. März, Seite 51-54

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fond, G [VerfasserIn]
Lucas, G [VerfasserIn]
Boyer, L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antidepressive Agents
Diversity
Gender incongruence
Healthcare workers
Inclusion
Journal Article
Mental health

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.puhe.2023.12.028

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367622726