Table 1.
Participant Demographics (n = 103)
| |
M (SD) |
|---|---|
| |
43 (9.4) |
| Age | n (%) |
| Gender identitya | |
| Cisgender women | 65 (63) |
| Cisgender men | 22 (21) |
| Trans men | 2 (2) |
| Nonbinary or genderqueer | 4 (4) |
| Race/ethnicitya | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 72 (70) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 5 (5) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2 (2) |
| Non-Hispanic Middle Eastern, North | 2 (2) |
| African, Arab, or Chaldean | |
| Hispanic or Latinx | 4 (4) |
| Biracial or other | 7 (7) |
| Current occupation | |
| Doctor (MD/DO) | 100 (97) |
| Nurse practitioner | 2 (2) |
| Physician's assistant | 1 (1) |
| Primary trainingb | |
| Pediatrics | 54 (52) |
| Adolescent medicine | 39 (38) |
| Endocrinology | 32 (31) |
| Family medicine | 10 (10) |
| Other | 6 (6) |
| Census region where providers practiceb | |
| Midwest | 40 (39) |
| Northeast | 57 (55) |
| South | 51 (50) |
| West | 52 (50) |
| Gender-affirming care providedb | |
| Prescribed hormones | 96 (93) |
| Prescribed menstrual suppressants | 91 (88) |
| Prescribed antiandrogens | 89 (86) |
| Surgery referrals | 88 (85) |
| Prescribed puberty blockers | 83 (81) |
| Letter writing to support medical care | 81 (79) |
| Mental health care | 18 (17) |
| Time providing gender-affirming care to trans youtha | |
| <1 year | 4 (4) |
| 1–3 years | 23 (22) |
| 4–6 years | 35 (34) |
| 7–9 years | 22 (21) |
| 10–19 years | 15 (15) |
| 20+ years | 3 (3) |
| Number of patients who are trans youtha | |
| <5 | 2 (2) |
| 5–10 | 12 (12) |
| 11–50 | 29 (28) |
| 51–100 | 16 (16) |
| 101–150 | 10 (10) |
| 151–200 | 8 (8) |
| 201+ | 25 (24) |
a
Note that all responses were optional, therefore some categories do not total to 100%.
b
Greater than total n as participants are able to choose more than one option.
DO, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; M, mean; MD, Doctor of Medicine; SD, standard deviation.