Does doctors' personality differ from those of patients, the highly educated and other caring professions? An observational study using two nationally representative Australian surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Personality differences between doctors and patients can affect treatment outcomes. We examine these trait disparities, as well as differences across medical specialities.

Design

Retrospective, observational statistical analysis of secondary data.

Setting

Data from two data sets that are nationally representative of doctors and the general population in Australia.

Participants

We include 23 358 individuals from a representative survey of the general Australian population (with subgroups of 18 705 patients, 1261 highly educated individuals and 5814 working in caring professions) as well as 19 351 doctors from a representative survey of doctors in Australia (with subgroups of 5844 general practitioners, 1776 person-oriented specialists and 3245 techniq

SUBMITTER: Ammi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186421 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature