Where have all the women gone?: participant gender in epidemiological and non-epidemiological research of schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: Though archival literature states that schizophrenia occurs equally in males and in females, recent epidemiological studies report higher incidence of schizophrenia in men than in women. Moreover, there is longstanding evidence that women may be under-represented in non-epidemiological research literature. Our first goal was to quantify gender ratios in non-epidemiological research published in 2006. Secondly, we sought to investigate which factors contribute to high numbers of men in research studies. Our final goal was to compare gender ratios in non-epidemiological schizophrenia research to reported incidence rates. In a recent meta-analysis of incidence, there were 1.4 males for each female with schizophrenia. In non-epidemiological studies of the schizophrenia patients, there was an a

SUBMITTER: Longenecker J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2881627 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature