Table 4 Associations between physician gender and agreeing to statement 1–5 (scoring >50 on VAS) when entered into multivariate logistic regression analyses together with speciality, age, academic degree and years in the profession. Presented as adjusted OR (95% CI).

Gender

   Men

1

1

1

1

1

   Women

1.9 (1.0 – 3.5)

2.4 (1.2 – 4.7)

2.3 (1.3 – 4.1)

3.3 (1.8 – 5.8)

3.2 (1.7 – 6.1)

Speciality

   Hospital doctors

1

1

1

1

1

   Family physicians

1.9 (0.8 – 4.2)

2.7 (1.1 – 6.3)

2.5 (1.2 – 5.2)

1.9 (0.9 – 3.9)

2.1 (0.9 – 4.6)

Age

   ≤45

1

1

1

1

1

   >45

1.1 (0.5 – 2.2)

0.9 (0.4 – 1.9)

0.7 (0.3 – 1.3)

0.9 (0.4 – 1.6)

1.1 (0.6 – 2.2)

Academic degree

   PhD

1

1

1

1

1

   MD

0.7 (0.4 – 1.4)

0.8 (0.4 – 1.5)

0.6 (0.3 – 1.2)

0.9 (0.4 – 1.7)

1.1 (0.5 – 2.0)

Years in profession

   ≤15

1

1

1

1

1

   >15

1.0 (0.5 – 2.1)

0.8 (0.3 – 1.7)

0.8 (0.3 – 1.5)

1.0 (0.5 – 2.4)

0.9 (0.4 – 1.8)