Female patients want female endoscopists

Filed in archive Studies by kevin on August 3, 2005

Not surprisingly, many women want a female endoscopist for their colonoscopy. Unfortunately GI is a pretty male-dominated specialty:

The study included about 200 women who were waiting in their doctors' offices for primary care appointments. The women were about 53 years old, on average. Most were white, employed, had attended or graduated from college, and had high incomes.

In anonymous surveys, 43% indicated they wanted a female colonoscopist. Of those women, 87% stated that they would wait more than 30 days for a female colonoscopist, and 14% stated that they were willing to pay more for a female doctor.

How much more were those women willing to pay? Up to $200 as an out-of-pocket expense, write the researchers.

Of the women who preferred a female colonoscopist, a few (5%) declared that they wouldn't get a colonoscopy unless they were guaranteed to get a female doctor.

(Hitti, "Many Women Want Female Doctor for Colonoscopy", WebMD, Aug.3)

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Response from: Catherine (08/03/05 6:18pm)

Yes, I would have preferred a female endoscopist, but I didn't have much choice in the matter. I arrived at the table via the ER, having been diagnosed with severe anemia (hemoglobin of 5.8). Of course, I first had to go thru the gallon water torture the night before. I'd thought I was just going to have an endoscopy to check for bleeding in my esophagus or stomach, but I wasn't given any choice in the matter. I just wish the GI doctor had done the endoscopy first, as the Versed would have taken effect by then. So, unfortunately, I remember the humiliation of the colonoscopy, but don't remember a thing about the other procedure.

Diagnosis: Hiatal hernia with a bleeding ulcer that I knew nothing about.

As for the statistics, they almost much fit me to a tee. I'm 53, a college graduate, white, employed . . . but unfortunately lack the high income.

Response from: Bonticou (08/03/05 6:54pm)

Yes, definitely, I want a female gyn, and will wait indefinitely for one. And yes, I would have prefered a female when I had a colonoscopy - a female just might not have knocked me out and proceeded when I screamed in pain. All moot now - I will NEVER have another colonoscopy - we all die sometime and colon cancer at least gives one time to settle ones estate.

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