Table 3

Percentage and number (within brackets) of respondents agreeing (scoring >50) to the five gender attitude statements and scoring high (>250) on "importance-of-gender"-scale. P-values from comparison between specialty groups and between men and women. (S = surgical doctors, NS = non-surgical doctors, FP = family physicians.)


All respondents
Men
Women






Outcome variable
Total
S
NS
FP
p1
Total
S
NS
FP
p1
Total
S
NS
FP
p1
p2

Statements:
















1. The patient's gender is of importance in consultation.
69 (199)
55 (47)
74 (88)
80 (41)
.002
66 (130)
51 (36)
71 (58)
81 (22)
.007
76 (69)
69 (11)
81 (30)
79 (19)
.601
.061
2. My own gender is of importance in consultation.
68 (196)
48 (41)
75 (88)
84 (43)
<.001
62 (123)
41 (28)
69 (57)
89 (24)
<.001
81 (73)
76 (13)
86 (31)
79 (19)
.745
.002
3. The gender of the medical student is of importance in clinical tutoring.
53 (153)
43 (37)
55 (65)
71 (36)
.007
47 (92)
38 (26)
52 (43)
59 (16)
.084
68 (61)
65 (11)
61 (22)
83 (20)
.175
.001
4. My own gender is of importance in clinical tutoring.
50 (142)
42 (36)
52 (60)
67 (34)
.023
42 (80)
37 (25)
45 (36)
52 (14)
.335
70 (62)
65 (11)
67 (24)
83 (20)
.295
<.001
5. My own gender is of importance in other professional relations, for example with colleagues, medical staff or in research.
62 (177)
51 (43)
64 (76)
79 (41)
.004
54 (107)
43 (29)
60 (50)
71 (20)
.017
79 (70)
82 (14)
74 (26)
87 (21)
.458
<.001
Summary variable:
















"Importance-of-gender"-scale
63 (173)
51 (42)
67 (76)
76 (38)
.008
56 (106)
45 (30)
61 (49)
69 (18)
.046
78 (67)
75 (12)
79 (27)
83 (20)
.873
.001

p1 = p-values from chi-2 tests comparing specialty groups (2-sided, df = 2). p2 = p-values from chi-2 tests comparing men total, and women total (2-sided, df = 1)

Risberg et al. BMC Medical Education 2003 3:8   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-3-8