NDLI: Where Have All the Women Gone? Participant Gender in Epidemiological and Non-epidemiological Research of Schizophrenia

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Author	Longenecker, Julia Jamie, Genderson Dickinson, Dwight Malley, James Elvevåg, Brita Weinberger, Daniel R. Gold, James
Abstract	Though archival literature states that schizophrenia occurs equally in males and females, recent epidemiological studies report higher incidence of schizophrenia in men than women. Moreover, there is longstanding evidence that women may be under-represented in non-epidemiological research literature. Our first goal was to quantify gender ratios in non-epidemiological research published in 2006. Secondly, we sought to investigate which factors contribute to high numbers of men in research studies. Our final goal was to compare gender ratios in non-epidemiological schizophrenia research to reported incidence rates. In a recent meta-analysis of incidence, there were 1.4 males for each female with schizophrenia. In non-epidemiological studies of the schizophrenia patients, there was an average of 1.94 men for every woman. Although the degree to which men outnumbered women varied according to study type and region of study, research studies included more men than women across all investigated variables. Either the incidence rates are higher for men than has previously been reported or women are less visible in research settings than in the greater community. Importantly, the discrepancy between gender ratios in epidemiological and non-epidemiological research is consistent. However, specific, identifiable factors are present when male participants are greatest, suggesting that many research environments yield a higher number of men. Thus much of our understanding of the illness and its treatment is based on research conducted disproportionately with men.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2010.03.023
Ending Page	245
Page Count	6
Starting Page	240
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09209964
e-ISSN	15732509
Journal	Schizophrenia research
Issue Number	1-3
Volume Number	119
Language	English
Publisher Date	2010-06-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Biological Psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biological Psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental Health

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