Sivagurunathan Marudan, MacDermid Joy, Chuang Joseph Chien Yee, Kaplan Allyssa, Lupton Stephanie, McDermid Deidra
Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
School of Physical Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Can J Pain. 2019 Jun 21;3(1):128-136. doi: 10.1080/24740527.2019.1625705. eCollection 2019.
: Gender and gender role pain expectations may influence how health care providers interact with and manage their patients' symptoms. : The purpose of this study was to describe gendered traits and gender role pain expectations among physical therapy students. : A survey assessing gendered traits and gender role expectations in relation to pain was completed by a sample of 171 physical therapy students (120 women, 51 men). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and differences between men and women were tested with chi-square or Kruskal-Wallis. : Men and women in physical therapy training were not different on 13 out of 16 of the gendered traits. The exceptions were that men rated themselves as more "decisive" compared to women (mean rank = 103.8 vs. mean rank = 78.4, = 0.001) and women rated themselves as more "emotional" (mean rank = 91.95 vs. mean rank = 72.01, = 0.009) and more "nurturing" (mean rank = 90.89 vs. mean rank = 72.91, = 0.020). No significant differences were found in terms of gendered expectations of pain sensitivity, endurance, or in terms of personal experience of pain between the men and women in the sample. However, the majority (75%) of participants reported that women were more willing to report pain compared to men. Finally, both groups rated themselves as no different in handling pain compared to a typical man or woman. : In conclusion, men and women in training to be physical therapists demonstrate similar gendered trait profiles and little gender bias in relation to pain expectations.
性别及性别角色的疼痛预期可能会影响医疗服务提供者与患者互动以及处理其症状的方式。本研究的目的是描述物理治疗专业学生的性别特征及性别角色疼痛预期。171名物理治疗专业学生（120名女性，51名男性）完成了一项关于与疼痛相关的性别特征及性别角色预期的调查。数据采用描述性统计进行分析，男女之间的差异用卡方检验或克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验。在16项性别特征中，接受物理治疗培训的男性和女性在13项上没有差异。例外情况是，与女性相比，男性认为自己更“果断”（平均秩次=103.8对平均秩次=78.4，P=0.001），女性认为自己更“情绪化”（平均秩次=91.95对平均秩次=72.01，P=0.009）和更“有养育性”（平均秩次=90.89对平均秩次=72.91，P=0.020）。在样本中的男性和女性之间，在对疼痛敏感性、耐力的性别化预期方面，或在疼痛的个人经历方面，未发现显著差异。然而，大多数（75%）参与者报告说，与男性相比，女性更愿意报告疼痛。最后，两组都认为自己在处理疼痛方面与典型的男性或女性没有差异。总之，接受物理治疗师培训的男性和女性表现出相似的性别特征概况，并且在疼痛预期方面几乎没有性别偏见。
