Perspectives on Full-Body Skin Examinations Among Sexual and Gender Minority Patients

Michelle Verghese; Jincong Q Freeman; Brian W Connor; Aniruddha Hazra; Andrew R Fisher; Adena E Rosenblatt

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.5821

Perspectives on Full-Body Skin Examinations Among Sexual and Gender Minority Patients

JAMA Dermatol. 2024 Mar 1;160(3):361-363. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.5821.

Authors

Michelle Verghese¹, Jincong Q Freeman², Brian W Connor³, Aniruddha Hazra⁴, Andrew R Fisher⁵, Adena E Rosenblatt⁶

Affiliations

¹ Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Division of Dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁴ Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

PMID: 38294799
PMCID: PMC10831626 (available on 2025-01-31)
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.5821

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This survey study assesses full-body skin examination rates among sexual and gender minority patients and investigates their comfort with and reasons for discomfort during these examinations.

MeSH terms

Humans
Physical Examination
Sexual Behavior*
Sexual and Gender Minorities*