Gender-based differential management of acute low back pain in the emergency department: A survey based on a clinical vignette.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women may receive suboptimal pain management compared with men, and this disparity might be related to gender stereotypes.

Objectives

To assess the influence of patient gender on the management of acute low back pain.

Design

We assessed pain management by 231 physicians using an online clinical vignette describing a consultation for acute low back pain in a female or male patient. The vignette was followed by a questionnaire that assessed physicians' management decisions and their gender stereotypes.

Methods

We created an online clinical vignette presenting a patient with acute low back pain and assessed the influence of a patient's gender on pain management. We investigated gender-related stereotyping regarding pain care by emergency physicians usin

SUBMITTER: Schilter LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826390 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature