Βarriers and Gaps to Medical Care for Transgender Individuals: A TRANSCARE Scoping Review with a Focus on Greece
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Search Strategy
- Reporting on at least one barrier to care for trans individuals or at least one educational need for healthcare providers;
- Had free full text availability;
- Published from 2015 and onwards, so as to retrieve recent evidence published within the last 10 years.
2.3. Appraisal of Methodological Quality
2.4. Data Extraction and Analysis
2.5. Reporting
2.6. Ethics
3. Results
3.1. General Characteristics
3.2. Barriers at the Individual Level
3.3. Barriers at the Interpersonal Level
3.4. Barriers at the Institutional Level
4. Discussion
4.1. Main Findings and Comparison with the Literature
4.2. Strengths and Limitations
4.3. Implications for Professional Education in the Greek Context
- Respecting transgender identity in clinical environments;
- Protecting confidentiality and creating trusted provider–patient relationships under effective communication styles;
- Providing sufficient knowledge (theory or practice) on trans-specific healthcare issues and needs;
- Advocating for patients, especially with other providers/services.
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Anastasaki, M.; Angelaki, A.; Paganis, P.; Christidi, E.O.; Papathanasiou, N.; Stoupa, E.P.; Karamagioli, E.; Pikoulis, E.; Lionis, C., on behalf of the TRANSCARE Group. Βarriers and Gaps to Medical Care for Transgender Individuals: A TRANSCARE Scoping Review with a Focus on Greece. Healthcare 2024, 12, 647. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12060647
Anastasaki M, Angelaki A, Paganis P, Christidi EO, Papathanasiou N, Stoupa EP, Karamagioli E, Pikoulis E, Lionis C on behalf of the TRANSCARE Group. Βarriers and Gaps to Medical Care for Transgender Individuals: A TRANSCARE Scoping Review with a Focus on Greece. Healthcare. 2024; 12(6):647. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12060647
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnastasaki, Marilena, Agapi Angelaki, Philippos Paganis, Elena Olga Christidi, Nancy Papathanasiou, Eleni Panagiota Stoupa, Evika Karamagioli, Emmanouil Pikoulis, and Christos Lionis on behalf of the TRANSCARE Group. 2024. "Βarriers and Gaps to Medical Care for Transgender Individuals: A TRANSCARE Scoping Review with a Focus on Greece" Healthcare 12, no. 6: 647. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12060647