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. 2022 Aug 24;23:86. doi: 10.1186/s12910-022-00815-7

Table 2.

Specialty, experience, and gender

All physicians Psychiatrists
Mean (SD)
Internists
Mean (SD)
Effect size
(95% CI)
p Less experienced Mean (SD) More experienced Mean (SD) Effect size (95% CI) p
Mean (SD) Effect size (95% CI) p
Mental Illness IAT (D score) 0.09 (0.50)  − 0.23 (0.42) 0.31 (0.44) 1.25 (0.87–1.63)  < 0.001 0.14 (0.50) 0.06 (0.51)  − 0.158 (− 0.506 to 0.19) 0.398
Weight IAT (D score) 0.53 (0.36) 0.50 (0.39) 0.54 (0.34) 0.11 (− 0.236 to 0.458) 0.674 0.56 (0.33) 0.50 (0.38)  − 0.166 (− 0.514 to 0.181 0.392
Feeling Thermometer Mentally Ill (Score 0–12)* 3.96 (2.28) 0.409 (0.065–0.752)  < 0.001 2.69 (1.85) 4.80 (2.16) 1.033 (0.813–0.109)  < 0.001 4.58 (2.21) 3.55 (2.25)  − 0.461 (− 0.813 to 0.109) 0.012
Feeling Thermometer Obese (Score 0–12)* 4.89 (2.27) 5.11 (2.69) 4.75 (1.95)  − 0.158 (− 0.506 to 0.189) 0.374 4.85 (1.94) 4.92 (2.48) 0.031 (− 0.316 to 0.378) 0.876
Vignette overall (Total score 6–42)# 29.94 (3.34) 30.15 (3.17) 29.80 (3.47)  − 0.104 (− 0.452 to 0.243) 0.556 29.08 (3.33) 30.51 (3.24) 0.437 (0.085- 0.788) 0.014
Vignette/Depressive patient 29.98 (3.58)  − 0.021 (− 0.361 to 0.319) 0.914 30.86 (2.93) 29.44 (3.86)  − 0.403 (− 0.754 to 0.053) 0.144 28.47 (2.93) 30.61 (3.66) 0.617 (0.041–1.194) 0.038
Vignette/Non-depressive patient 29.91 (3.18) 29.65 (3.28) 30.09 (3.13) 0.138 (− 0.23 to 0.485) 0.544 29.36 (3.51) 30.41 (2.78) 0.34 (− 0.01 to 0.689) 0.154
Vignette/Obese patient 29.32 (3.34) 0.39 (0.047–0.733) 0.058 29.15 (2.86) 29.43 (3.59) 0.084 (− 0.263 to 0.432) 0.734 28.97 (3.19) 29.62 (3.41) 0.196 (− 0.152 to 0.543) 0.418
Vignette/Non-obese patient 30.61 (3.28) 31.19 (3.18) 30.21 (3.33)  − 0.3 (− 0.649 to 0.049) 0.244 29.24 (3.61) 31.28 (2.93) 0.65 (0.072–1.227) 0.018

P values in bold are statistically significant