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Table 2 Gender-role identity of patients and healthcare professionals

From: Exploring the gender dimension of problems and needs of patients receiving specialist palliative care in a German palliative care unit - the perspectives of patients and healthcare professionals

 

Patients (N = 10)

HCPs (N = 17)

M (SD)

Range

M (SD)

Range

Whole sample

 Masculinity scale

28.8 (3.5)

25–34

27.3 (3.4)

21–33

 Femininity scale

31.2 (3.0)

27–37

33.2 (3.2)

28–39

Male subsample

 Masculinity scale

29.0 (3.3)

25–34

28.8 (4.0)

24–33

 Femininity scale

31.2 (2.3)

28–35

33.6 (2.9)

31–38

Female subsample

 Masculinity scale

28.5 (4.2)

24–33

26.7 (3.1)

21–30

 Femininity scale

31.3 (4.3)

27–37

33.0 (3.5)

28–39

  1. Higher values reflect higher expression of masculine or feminine gender-role identity
  2. Abbreviations: HCPs healthcare professionals, M Mean, SD standard deviation