Endovascular treatment decision in acute stroke: does physician gender matter? Insights from UNMASK EVT, an international, multidisciplinary survey.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Differences in the treatment practice of female and male physicians have been shown in several medical subspecialties. It is currently not known whether this also applies to endovascular stroke treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore whether there are differences in endovascular treatment decisions made by female and male stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists.
METHODS: In an international survey, stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists were randomly assigned 10 case scenarios and asked how they would treat the patient: (A) assuming there were no external constraints and (B) given their local working conditions. Descriptive statistics were used to describe baseline demographics, and the adjusted OR for physician gender as a predictor of endovascular treatment decision was calculated using logistic regression.
RESULTS: 607 physicians (97 women, 508 men, 2 who did not wish to declare) participated in this survey. Physician gender was neither a significant predictor for endovascular treatment decision under assumed ideal conditions (endovascular therapy was favored by 77.0% of female and 79.3% of male physicians, adjusted OR 1.03, P=0.806) nor under current local resources (endovascular therapy was favored by 69.1% of female and 76.9% of male physicians, adjusted OR 1.03, P=0.814).
CONCLUSION: Endovascular therapy decision making between male and female physicians did not differ under assumed ideal conditions or under current local resources.
Volume
12
Issue
3
First Page
256
Last Page
259
ISSN
1759-8486
Published In/Presented At
Ospel, J. M., Kashani, N., Wilson, A. T., Fischer, U., Campbell, B. C. V., Sylaja, P. N., Yoshimura, S., Rabinstein, A. A., Turjman, F., Mitchell, P., Kim, B. M., Cherian, M. P., Heo, J. H., Baxter, B. W., Podlasek, A., Foss, M., Menon, B. K., Almekhlafi, M. A., Demchuk, A. M., Hill, M. D., … Goyal, M. (2020). Endovascular treatment decision in acute stroke: does physician gender matter? Insights from UNMASK EVT, an international, multidisciplinary survey. Journal of neurointerventional surgery, 12(3), 256–259. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015003
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
31363043
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article