Table 4.
Associations between physician gender and agreeing to statement 1–5 (scoring >50 on VAS) when entered into multivariate logistic regression analyses together with speciality, age, academic degree and years in the profession. Presented as adjusted OR (95% CI).
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 | Statement 4 | Statement 5 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Women | 1.9 (1.0 – 3.5) | 2.4 (1.2 – 4.7) | 2.3 (1.3 – 4.1) | 3.3 (1.8 – 5.8) | 3.2 (1.7 – 6.1) |
| Speciality | |||||
| Hospital doctors | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Family physicians | 1.9 (0.8 – 4.2) | 2.7 (1.1 – 6.3) | 2.5 (1.2 – 5.2) | 1.9 (0.9 – 3.9) | 2.1 (0.9 – 4.6) |
| Age | |||||
| ≤45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| >45 | 1.1 (0.5 – 2.2) | 0.9 (0.4 – 1.9) | 0.7 (0.3 – 1.3) | 0.9 (0.4 – 1.6) | 1.1 (0.6 – 2.2) |
| Academic degree | |||||
| PhD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MD | 0.7 (0.4 – 1.4) | 0.8 (0.4 – 1.5) | 0.6 (0.3 – 1.2) | 0.9 (0.4 – 1.7) | 1.1 (0.5 – 2.0) |
| Years in profession | |||||
| ≤15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| >15 | 1.0 (0.5 – 2.1) | 0.8 (0.3 – 1.7) | 0.8 (0.3 – 1.5) | 1.0 (0.5 – 2.4) | 0.9 (0.4 – 1.8) |