Skip to main content

Table 3 Professional identity descriptions of physicians according to gender. The proportions of physicians who answered “very well” or “quite well” to the question “How well do the following descriptions of the work of a physician match you as a physician?”, and the corresponding associations (odds ratios, women as a reference group)

From: Team players and helpers – describing professional identity among finnish physicians in a cross-sectional study

Description

Men

Women

Odds Ratio (95% CI)*

p-value*

(n = 1,824)

(n = 3,270)

 

%

%

  

Member of a working group/team

78.0

84.6

0.60 (0.47–0.75)

< 0.001

Helper

76.4

85.1

0.64 (0.53–0.78)

< 0.001

Health expert

75.2

81.4

0.75 (0.62–0.90)

0.002

Listener

65.8

81.3

0.47 (0.40–0.56)

< 0.001

Teacher

55.8

56.0

1.01 (0.87–1.18)

0.876

Healer

53.5

51.3

1.28 (1.10–1.49)

0.002

Developer

51.6

50.0

1.00 (0.85–1.16)

0.967

Physician by calling

43.7

55.1

0.58 (0.50–0.68)

< 0.001

Prescriber of medication

42.7

57.3

0.62 (0.53–0.73)

< 0.001

Health educator

41.1

58.8

0.48 (0.40–0.56)

< 0.001

Provider of comfort

39.8

62.4

0.45 (0.39–0.53)

< 0.001

Prioritiser

39.1

43.4

0.93 (0.79–1.08)

0.334

Pillar of support

38.0

51.4

0.67 (0.57–0.79)

< 0.001

Coach

37.6

35.5

1.22 (1.04–1.43)

0.016

Innovator

35.4

27.4

1.32 (1.11–1.57)

0.001

Director

35.4

26.6

1.39 (1.18–1.64)

< 0.001

Researcher

31.6

23.8

1.32 (1.11–1.57)

0.002

Civil servant

31.0

32.7

1.09 (0.93–1.28)

0.274

Entrepreneur

28.4

16.3

1.95 (1.52–2.50)

< 0.001

Someone issuing certificates

27.5

44.3

0.49 (0.41–0.58)

< 0.001

Family physician

26.3

35.3

0.56 (0.47–0.68)

< 0.001

Technician

26.1

14.0

2.02 (1.69–2.42)

< 0.001

Someone engaged in social work

24.5

44.8

0.42 (0.35–0.50)

< 0.001

Gatekeeper

23.3

27.5

0.94 (0.79–1.11)

0.447

Production line worker

22.9

22.4

1.09 (0.92–1.29)

0.320

Provider of spiritual support

16.0

23.8

0.70 (0.57–0.86)

< 0.001

Shaman

4.5

3.1

1.78 (1.22–2.60)

0.003

  1. *Binary logistic regression analysis (refence group women) adjusted for graduation year and place of work