Gender-specific research is still limited, but studies suggest that men are less likely to complete treatment than are women.
Health services research will form the centre for preventative medicine and gender-specific research for women in the future and accompanies areas of innovation, such as personalised medicine.
Gender-specific research on prescription and non-prescription drug use is required, since females consistently report higher rates of use than males, thus increasing the probability of problematic use.
Thus, although the database cannot identify all possible articles related to the query, it will present only publications including sex- or gender-specific research allowing for a significant overview and directing further searches.
Discrepancies between the results of these two studies reinforce the importance of conducting gender and age specific research.
Prior to the launch of this project, there was no central, organized, easily accessible place to find the sex and gender specific information that has been researched, published, and distributed over the last 20 years.
Teaching training undertaken but not accredited Age Gender Expertise (discipline/topic) HPSR + A specific research qualifications (e.g., undergraduate; postgraduate (Master/PhD), other) Experience of health systems research and teaching (incl.
CECA-6: emotional dimension CECA-4: sexual activity dimension Even though the final questionnaire was initially designed to be equally valid for both genders, it would be interesting in future research to develop gender specific questionnaires given the characteristics of the disease.
But these latest findings, believed to be the largest study ever to compare pain levels in men and women, raise new questions about whether women are shouldering a disproportionate burden of chronic pain and suggest a need for more gender-specific pain research.
