FIGURE 1.

LGB versus transgender clinical perceptions. LGBT‐DOCSS scores are means on 7‐point Likert scales. Higher scores are indicative of higher levels of clinical preparedness and knowledge and less prejudicial attitudes regarding LGBT patients. Similar LGBT‐DOCSS items that differed based on patient type (i.e., LGB vs. transgender) were analyzed using paired sample t‐tests to determine whether there were clinical perceptual differences between LGBT subpopulations. Dementia care providers reported significantly less adequate clinical training and supervision (t[104] = –6.559), experience (t[104] = –6.920), and competence (t[104] = –7.178) to assess transgender patients compared to LGB patients. LGB, lesbian, gay, and bisexual; LGBT, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender; DOCSS, Development of Clinical Skills Scale