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

Table 2

Distribution of the participants’ answers to the two versions of the questionnaire.

Version	Case 1			Case 2			Case 3			Case 4
	A	B		A	B		A	B		A	B
	(male)	(female)		(female)	(male)		(female)	(female)		(male)	(male)
n	62	58		62	58		62	58		62	58
Correct identification and initial sepsis treatment	2 (4)	12 (21)	<0.01	25 (40)	13 (22)	<0.05	22 (35)	25 (43)	0.40	20 (32)	20 (34)	0.79
Sepsis among differential diagnoses	16 (26)	20 (34)	0.30	52 (84)	54 (93)	0.10	51 (82)	51 (88)	0.36	42 (68)	44 (76)	0.33
Proposed fluid among initial treatments	15 (24)	24 (41)	<0.05	35 (56)	21 (36)	<0.05	31 (50)	37 (64)	0.12	45 (73)	41 (71)	0.81
Proposed antibiotics among initial treatments	5 (8)	16 (28)	<0.05	41 (66)	34 (59)	0.33	35 (56)	33 (57)	0.91	32 (52)	29 (50)	0.83
Proposed ICU as the appropriate level of care	37 (60)	34 (58)	0.97	35 (56)	27 (47)	0.51	50 (80)	42 (72)	0.25	34 (55)	37 (64)	0.16

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