Gender perception of stress: a comparative study between male and female physicians - abstract

Practising physicians of varied disciplines in Trinidad and Tobago, were studied to determine whether there was any gender difference in the perception of stress. A total of 50 physicians (25 male and 25 female), were selected on the basis of: urban locality of practice, and a workday minimum of five hours. They were asked to complete a questionnaire involving four major sections: (i) general biodata (ii) social activities (iii) lifestyle and (iv) work attitudes. Results indicated that the female physicians perceived significantly more stress than their male counterparts in most of the areas studied (AU)

Gender perception of stress: a comparative study between male and female physicians

Practising male physicians in varied disciplines, in Trinidad and Tobago, were studied to determine whether causal factors of negative stress were similar to those encountered by female physicians. (WIMJ Vol. 42, No. 3, 93-136, pp. 126-128). Results indicated that major stressors in the male physicians were as follows: - Job (31.6 percent) compared with females 36 percent - Finance (26.3 percent) compared with females 32 percent - Children (10.5 percent) compared with females 20 percent - Relationships (5.3 percent) compared with females 20 percent. The Minor stresors identified by the male physicians: - Job (21.7 percent) compared with females 32 percent - Job and children combined (13 percent) compared with females wherein job 32 percent and children 48 percent. This group of male physicians appear to experience less negative stress than their female counterparts. The implications of this will be discussed (AU)

Gender stress: a preliminary survey with specific reference to female physicians

Practising female physicians in Trinidad and Tobago were studied to identify major casual factors of negative stress. Results indicated that major stressors were as follows: job (36 percent), finance (32 percent), children (20 percent) relationships (20 percent). The minor stressors identified were: children (48 percent), finance (36 percent), relationships (36 percent), job (32 percent), and health (20 percent). The physicians showed the ability to cope with the stress and this was attributed to, inter alia, self-sufficiency, empowerment, self-fulfilment and gender. (AU)

Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis - abstract

This well-known disease entity is said to be less common among blacks, and in underdeveloped countries. Of the 105 patients with pyloric stenosis seen at the University Hospital of the West Indies 1953-1967, 16 were infants. However, the paediatric surgical ward at the UHWI only opened in 1962, and the Children's Hospital (now BHC) in 1963; and this figure may not have adequately reflected the frequency of the disease. With this in mind, a retrospective review of patients seen with congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (CHPS) at the Bustamante Hospital for Children over the 5-year period 1975-1979 was undertaken. There were fifty (50) cases; an average of 10 per year. There were 43 males and 7 females, a ratio of 6:1. Their ages ranged between 8 days and 3 months. Of 29 patients in whom the family rank was shown, only 7 were first born; 6 of whom were males. One mother had pyloric stenosis as an infant. Forty nine of the 50 patients presented with vomiting, while one presented with apnoeic spells at age 8 days. In two patients the method of presentation is not known. The "pyloric olive" was felt in 31 of the 50 patients. Two others had their diagnoses confirmed by straight abdominal X-Rays, while 14 needed Barium meal studies. In one infant, projectile vomiting and visible perisalsis were used as the indications for operation, and in the remaining two patients the confirming signs are unknown. This disease appears to be less common among Jamaican patients than those in developed countries. Nonetheless, the average age, and clinical presentation of these patients is essentially the same as in developed countries. The smaller number of first-born infants seen in this series may reflect the fact that rarely was the infant first-born to both parents (AU)