PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ospel, Johanna Maria
AU  - Kashani, Nima
AU  - Wilson, Alexis T
AU  - Fischer, Urs
AU  - Campbell, Bruce C V
AU  - Sylaja, Pillai N
AU  - Yoshimura, Shinichi
AU  - Rabinstein, Alejandro A
AU  - Turjman, Francis
AU  - Mitchell, Peter
AU  - Kim, Byung Moon
AU  - Cherian, Mathew P
AU  - Heo, Ji Hoe
AU  - Baxter, Blaise W
AU  - Podlasek, Anna
AU  - Foss, Mona
AU  - Menon, Bijoy K
AU  - Almekhlafi, Mohammed A
AU  - Demchuk, Andrew M
AU  - Hill, Michael D
AU  - Saposnik, Gustavo
AU  - Goyal, Mayank
TI  - Endovascular treatment decision in acute stroke: does physician gender matter? Insights from UNMASK EVT, an international, multidisciplinary survey
AID  - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015003
DP  - 2020 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - 256--259
VI  - 12
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/3/256.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/3/256.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2020 Mar 01; 12
AB  - Background and purpose Differences in the treatment practice of female and male physicians have been shown in several medical subspecialties. It is currently not known whether this also applies to endovascular stroke treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore whether there are differences in endovascular treatment decisions made by female and male stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists.Methods In an international survey, stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists were randomly assigned 10 case scenarios and asked how they would treat the patient: (A) assuming there were no external constraints and (B) given their local working conditions. Descriptive statistics were used to describe baseline demographics, and the adjusted OR for physician gender as a predictor of endovascular treatment decision was calculated using logistic regression.Results 607 physicians (97 women, 508 men, 2 who did not wish to declare) participated in this survey. Physician gender was neither a significant predictor for endovascular treatment decision under assumed ideal conditions (endovascular therapy was favored by 77.0% of female and 79.3% of male physicians, adjusted OR 1.03, P=0.806) nor under current local resources (endovascular therapy was favored by 69.1% of female and 76.9% of male physicians, adjusted OR 1.03, P=0.814).Conclusion Endovascular therapy decision making between male and female physicians did not differ under assumed ideal conditions or under current local resources.