Table 2.
Sexual harassment associations with provider demographics, experiences, behaviors, and beliefs.
| Sexually harassed by male patient, n = 24 no (%) |
Not sexually harassed by male patient, n = 44 no (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics and practice characteristics | |||
| Age, years | 44.3 | 52.0 | 0.042 |
| Female provider | 22 (91.6) | 18 (40.9) | < 0.001 |
| Years in practice | 12.8 | 19.2 | 0.068 |
| Cosmetic services provided | 1 (4.6) | 9 (18.2) | 0.103 |
| Solo practice | 9 (37.5) | 21 (47.7) | 0.454 |
| Male patients seen, % | 42.7 | 49.6 | 0.027 |
| Clinical experiences | |||
| Erection occurrence during examination | 16 (66.7) | 17 (38.6) | 0.027 |
| Preference to leave room after erection vs. other strategy* | 4 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.044 |
| Relationship maintained after erection | 16 (66.7) | 40 (90.9) | 0.019 |
| Comfort providing care to male patients | 24 (100.0) | 43 (100.0) | – |
| Comfort with male genital examination | 24 (100.0) | 42 (95.5) | 0.536 |
| Male genital area examined during TBSE > 50% of times | 12 (50.0) | 19 (43.2) | 0.619 |
| Behaviors and beliefs | |||
| Specific communication training for male patients | 0 (0.0) | 5 (11.4) | 0.086 |
| Awareness of AAD educational resources for male patients | 3 (12.5) | 19 (43.2) | 0.014 |
| Provider gender as perceived barrier for dermatologic care for male patients | 8 (33.3) | 5 (11.4) | 0.050 |
AAD, American Academy of Dermatology; TBSE, Total Body Skin Examination.
*
Other options included normalize the situation, ignore the erection, or confront the patient.