The Patient’s Gender Influencing the Accuracy of Diagnosis and Proposed Sepsis Treatment in Constructed Cases

Table 1

The distribution of the participants answering the two versions of the questionnaire with regard to sex, age, seniority, and medical specialty.

Version	A	B
n (%)	62	58
Male sex n (%)	34 (55)	31 (51)	0.66
Responder age span n (%)
20–30	14 (23)	13 (22)	0.89
30–40	21 (34)	24 (41)	0.43
40–50	12 (19)	12 (21)	0.78
50–60	10 (16)	5 (9)	0.25
60+	1 (2)	1 (2)	1.00
Responder position n (%)
Intern	18 (29)	13 (22)	0.38
Resident	20 (32)	26 (45)	0.14
Consultant/senior consultant	24 (39)	17 (29)	0.25
Medical specialty n (%)
Internal medicine specialties	19 (31)	18 (31)	0.91
Surgical specialties	10 (16)	10 (17)	0.88
Infectious diseases	3 (5)	4 (7)	0.64
Anaesthesia and intensive care	11 (18)	10 (17)	0.89
Psychiatry	2 (3)	2 (3)	1.00

Data are presented as n (%). The values are results from Chi² tests and Fisher’s exact tests, where appropriate.