TY - JOUR T1 - Patients' attitudes to chaperones JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 192 LP - 193 VL - 35 IS - 273 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 1985/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/35/273/192.abstract N2 - In a survey of 200 female patients attending a five-man practice in a health centre, 75 per cent of the respondents stated that they would like to be offered a chaperone at pelvic examinations. Only six per cent would accept the offer if the examination was performed by their own doctor and 17 per cent if a different doctor examined them. Patients expressing a definite wish for a chaperone were significantly younger and were less likely to have had a previous pelvic examination. Those who definitely did not want one had usually had a pelvic examination before and had been registered with their doctor for significantly longer. These findings may have implications for the conduct of pelvic examination in young women by trainee and locum general practitioners. ER -