Physicians' gender bias in the diagnostic assessment of medically unexplained symptoms and its effect on patient-physician relations.

Scand J Psychol · 2019 · PMC6851885 · PMID 31124165

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These women perceived significantly poorer conduct than did women with other diagnoses ( b = 0.35, β = 0.09, p = 0.01), and results approached significance when women with NFS syndromes were compared to men with similar conditions ( b = 0.51, β = 0.06, p = 0.06) and those men with other diagnoses ( b = 0.33, β = 0.06, p = 0.07).

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Having finished a university education as compared to either elementary or upper secondary was borderline significant of more positive evaluations as well ( p = 0.07 – 0.08).

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