Is there still gender bias in nursing research? An update

Polit, Denise F.; Beck, Cheryl Tatano

doi:10.1002/nur.21514

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“…More generally, the field of gender differences studies in health promotion and community health should be more represented in empirical research, considering the current imbalance we often find in studies samples (Polit & Beck, 2013). The implication of the possible gap in knowledge arising from gender differences analysis could have an impact on the optimal management of the major chronic diseases.…”

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Health Determinants in Italian Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2dm) Patients: A Critical Gender Differences Analysis

Caruso

Arrigoni

Magon³

et al. 2017

J. Res. Gender Stud.

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Different studies described the important role of wellbeing, self-care and self-efficacy (i.e. health determinants) to achieve best health outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients. However, literature has paid little attention to highlight the possible gender differences related to the T2DM perception of those health determinants. For these reason, the aim of this study was to describe T2DM patients' gender differences related to their wellbeing, self-care and self-efficacy. This study was performed by a secondary analysis of data from a cross-sectional research, conducted in an outpatient setting in Northern Italy. Data was collected from March 2014 and July 2016 in a cohort of 115 T2DM outpatients, aged from 60 to 91 years (mean = 69.78 ± 7.11). Our results showed that men perceived more general wellbeing than women, and more diabetes specific self-efficacy. No differences seemed to be related to self-care. Indeed, the stratification by gender of the bivariate analysis allowed to identify many peculiarities related to wellbeing domains and self-efficacy. This study had a pioneering nuance in Italian assessment of T2DM health determinants, and it could have a number of future implications. Further empirical researches should provide more information to deeply understand the T2DM patients' peculiarities, which could help nurses to improve a personalized care delivery.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Determinants in Italian Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2dm) Patients: A Critical Gender Differences Analysis

Caruso

Arrigoni

Magon³

et al. 2017

J. Res. Gender Stud.

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“…Erskine (2011) recruited male adolescents only. Polit & Beck (2013) found that gender bias was generally observed when females alone were sampled and in the Erskine (2011) study it was good to have the male perspective as it can be challenging to recruit males to such studies. The sample size of a study dictates the quantity of information the study will generate (Cleary et al, 2014), particularly in relation to qualitative research which aims not to generalise but to encourage the production of rich data (WHO, 2004).…”

Section: Sample Size and Gendermentioning

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Sickle cell anaemia and the experiences of young people living with the condition

Foster¹,

Ellis²

2018

Nursing Children and Young People

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Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is a life-threatening haemoglobin disorder acknowledged for its unpredictability and painful episodes. The aim of this qualitative literature review was to explore the experiences of young people living with SCA and its effect on their lives. The objective was to critically review selected primary research and make recommendations for practice, education and research. After reviewing potential articles using EBSCOhost, inclusion and exclusion criteria were devised and six appropriate studies were found with most participants in the 10-25 years age range. These studies were conducted in the UK and the United States. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme qualitative research checklist was used to evaluate the articles. Thematic analysis identified three themes: acceptance, support and unpredictability, with sub-themes of spirituality and discrimination. It was clear that SCA affected multiple areas of young people's lives. Recommendations are made for practice, education and research.

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“…Because of gender bias, the evidence base for nursing practice may suffer from problems with generalizability. (Polit and Beck 2013) There are also abstracts that argue that there should be more research on men and male identities in the nursing profession and that nursing research should be developed to address men and masculinities. However, these critiques may also state the opposite-namely that nursing research would be accused of androcentrism or the use of a masculine model of research, which exemplifies another type of gender bias.…”

Section: Gender Research Exists As a Form Of Critique Within Nursing mentioning

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The Gender Perspective in Nursing Research: A Theoretical Treasure Chest or a ‘Thorn’ in the Side?

Vuolanto

Laiho

2017

Minerva

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This article contributes to the current discussion on interdisciplinarity in the health research field. It focuses on the relationship between nursing research and gender research. Nursing research is a 'health sciences' field which draws from the social sciences, the humanities, and biomedicine. Previous research shows the difficulties that social scientists face in their efforts to integrate with biomedical scientists. The aim of this article is to analyse nursing researchers' views about one potential collaboration partner in the social sciences and humanities: gender research.The study draws its theoretical insights from research within the sociology of science. It uses ideas about the intertwining of power and knowledge, which is especially emphasised in the works of Pierre Bourdieu. The research material consists of 180 abstracts of nursing research articles that argue in some way about the relationship between nursing research and gender research. The Scopus database was selected because it covers nursing research in a broad sense. The scope (28 years) of the study is long. The close reading of abstracts is inspired by rhetorical discourse analysis.We found three clearly different but also overlapping discourses that justified gender perspectives in nursing research: Gender research helps to highlight the socio-political context in nursing research; Gender research develops or reforms nursing research tradition; and Gender research exists as a form of critique within nursing research. Most of the nursing research abstracts regard gender research positively for both external and internal reasons. The abstracts also demonstrate the tensions in the relationship and discuss the views and reasons that generate scepticism towards gender research in nursing research.

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Is there still gender bias in nursing research? An update

Cited by 202 publications

References 25 publications

Health Determinants in Italian Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2dm) Patients: A Critical Gender Differences Analysis

Health Determinants in Italian Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2dm) Patients: A Critical Gender Differences Analysis

Sickle cell anaemia and the experiences of young people living with the condition

The Gender Perspective in Nursing Research: A Theoretical Treasure Chest or a ‘Thorn’ in the Side?

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