Table 2

Percentage of sports medicine physicians who felt disrespected or had their judgement questioned

Have felt disrespected or their judgement questioned by the following (total responses)Female
N (%, 95% CI)
Male
N (%, 95% CI)
P value
Male athletes (1153)233 (63.8, 58.7 to 68.8)377 (47.8, 44.3 to 51.4) <0.001
Female athletes (1143)176 (48.2, 43.0 to 53.5)315 (40.5, 37.0 to 44.0) 0.015
Male coaches (1137)259 (72.4, 67.4 to 76.9)374 (48.0, 44.5 to 51.6) <0.001
Female coaches (1134)154 (42.8, 37.6 to 48.1)273 (35.3, 31.9 to 38.8) 0.018
Male physicians in practice longer (1112)274 (76.8, 72.0 to 81.0)388 (51.4, 47.8 to 55.0) <0.001
Male physicians in practice the same or less (1144)218 (60.1, 54.8 to 65.1)305 (39.1, 35.6 to 42.6) <0.001
Female physicians in practice longer (1137)175 (48.3, 43.1 to 53.6)266 (34.3, 31.0 to 37.8) <0.001
Female physicians in practice the same or less (1132)102 (28.3, 23.7 to 33.3)219 (28.4, 25.2 to 31.7)1.000
Male athletic trainer (1136)185 (51.4, 46.1 to 56.7)271 (34.9, 31.6 to 38.4) <0.001
Female athletic trainer (1128)126 (35.3, 30.1 to 40.5)209 (27.1, 24.0 to 30.4) 0.006
Organisation/administration (1137)190 (53.1, 47.8 to 58.3)323 (41.5, 38.0 to 45.0) <0.001
Sexually harassed by the following (total responses) Female
N (%, 95% CI)
Male
N (%, 95% CI)
P value
Male athletes (1151)67 (18.4, 14.6 to 22.8)12 (1.5, 0.8 to 2.6) <0.001
Female athletes (1152)8 (2.2, 1.0 to 4.3)33 (4.2, 2.9 to 5.8)0.122
Male coaches (1148)49 (13.6, 10.2 to 17.5)10 (1.3, 0.6 to 2.3) <0.001
Female coaches (1145)3 (0.8, 0.2 to 2.4)19 (2.4, 1.5 to 3.8)0.102
Male physicians in practice longer (1150)108 (29.9, 25.2 to 34.9)15 (1.9, 1.1 to 3.1) <0.001
Male physicians in practice the same or less (1150)54 (14.9, 11.4 to 19.0)12 (1.5, 0.8 to 2.6) <0.001
Female physicians in practice longer (1149)6 (1.7, 0.6 to 3.6)16 (2.0, 1.2 to 3.3)0.818
Female physicians in practice the same or less (1147)5 (1.4, 0.5 to 3.2)22 (2.8, 1.8 to 4.2)0.207
Male athletic trainer (1144)29 (8.1, 5.5 to 11.5)13 (1.7, 0.9 to 2.8) <0.001
Female athletic trainer (1143)3 (0.8, 0.2 to 2.4)18 (2.3, 1.4 to 3.6)0.100
Organisation/administration (1146)42 (11.6, 8.5 to 15.4)13 (1.7, 0.9 to 2.8) <0.001
  • Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < 0.05 level.