PMID: 9541075Apr 16, 1998Paper

Gender differences in consulting a general practitioner for common symptoms of minor illness

Social Science & Medicine
S WykeG Ford

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine whether, in response to the same symptoms of minor illness, women reported a greater propensity to consult a general practitioner than men. Respondents taking part in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study (853 aged 39 and 858 aged 58) were presented with a check-list of 33 symptoms during the course of a home interview conducted by nurses. They were asked whether they had experienced any of these symptoms in the last month, and if they had, whether they consulted a general practitioner about it. A summary indicator for reporting, or consulting for, at least one symptom was constructed, and statistical associations between gender, reporting and consulting for symptoms were examined using chi-square tests with Yates' correction. Women were more likely to have consulted a general practitioner for at least one of the 33 symptoms of minor illness reported in the previous month (34% of women, 27% of men aged 39, chi2 = 3.97, p < 0.05; 49% of women, 43% of men aged 58, chi2 = 3.21, (NS)). Women were significantly more likely to have consulted for five individual symptoms in the younger cohort, and for three symptoms in the older cohort, whilst men were significantly more likely to have consulted for ...Continue Reading

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