A Systematic Review of the Abdominal Surgeon’s Personality: Exploring Common Traits in Western Populations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Protocol and Registration
2.2. Eligibility Criteria
2.3. Information Sources
2.4. Search
2.5. Study Selection and Data Collection
2.6. Data Items
2.7. Risk of Bias in Individual Studies
2.8. Summary Measures
2.9. Synthesis of Results and Risk of Bias Across Studies
3. Results
3.1. Study Selection
3.2. Study Characteristics and Results.
3.3. Risk of Bias Within Studies
3.4. Risk of Bias Across Studies
3.5. Synthesis of Results
3.6. Narrative Synthesis
3.6.1. Surgeon Personality
3.6.2. Personality Differences amongst Abdominal Surgeons: The Influence of Surgeon Experience
3.6.3. Personality Differences amongst Abdominal Surgeons: The Influence of Surgeon Gender
3.6.4. Personality and Operative Decision-Making
3.6.5. Secondary Outcomes: Surgeon Personality and Patient Outcomes
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Study Details | Title Year of Publication Authorship |
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Study Design | Cohort |
Case control | |
Participant Demographics | Specialty |
Experience | |
Validated Personality Index | Title of index used |
Secondary Outcomes | Post-operative adverse events |
Results | Raw data on personality scores |
Secondary outcomes |
Author | Year | Country | Experience | Number of Responders | Gender | Response Rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deary [26] | 1992 | UK | Trainees | 22 | 5 Female | 70% |
17 Male | ||||||
Drosdeck [27] | 2015 | USA | General Surgeons and Trainees | 68 | 24 Female | 45% |
44 Male | ||||||
McGreevy [28] | 2002 | USA | Trainees | 39 | 15 Female | 78% |
24 Male | ||||||
Moug [19] | 2018 | 82% UK, 6% Ireland, 12% Other | Colorectal Surgeons | 50 | 7 Female | N/A |
43 Male | ||||||
Shubeck [25] | 2019 | USA | Bariatric Surgeons | 35 | 4 Female | N/A |
31 Male | ||||||
Whitaker [29] | 2018 | UK | General Surgeons and Trainees | 172 (sub-group of 568 surgeons) | Unknown in sub-group | 2.8% |
Author | Personality Tests Used | Surgeon Mean Personality Scores | Normal Population Comparison | Secondary Outcomes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deary [26] | Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Edinburgh 6 Factor Personality Assessment | Not described | Not described | No |
Drosdeck [27] | Big Five Inventory * | Agreeableness: 3.76 Conscientiousness: 4.3 Extraversion: 3.74 Neuroticism: 2.46 Openness: 3.75 | 3.13 [30] 3.73 3.82 3.82 3.9 | No |
McGreevy [28] | NEO-PI-R * | Male vs. Female Agreeableness: “average” Conscientiousness: 4.72 vs. 6.1 Extraversion: 3.27 vs. 6.05 Neuroticism: 2.35 vs. “average” Openness: 2.23 vs. 3.66 | Male vs. Female † Agreeableness 47:46 Conscientiousness 58:63 Extraversion 57:63 Neuroticism 47:44 Openness 54:58 | No |
Moug [19] | Gosling Five Factor * Toronto Alexithymia Cognitive Reflex Thinking Type | Agreeableness: 4.9 Conscientiousness: 6.1 Emotional Stability: 5.4 Extraversion: 4.6 Openness: 5.4 Incidence of alexithymia: 4% Fast, intuitive thinking: 81% | 3.74 3.65 2.97 3.24 3.67 13.4% [31] 10% †† [32] | No |
Shubeck [25] | Life Styles Inventory (LSI) § | Aggressive: 41.7 (range 6–95) Constructive: 50.4 (13–97) Passive: 52.4 (14–94) | Not described in text | Yes (%) Post-op adverse event rate |
Whitaker [29] | Big Five Inventory § | Agreeableness: 76.3 Conscientiousness: 75.0 Extraversion: 54.7 Neuroticism: 60.6 Openness: 70.9 | 67.9 65.5 55.8 48.3 67.3 | No |
Author | Study Design | Selection (max. 4) | Comparability (max. 2) | Case-Control Exposure (max. 4) | Cohort Outcome (max. 5) | Risk of Bias High/Med/Low |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deary | Cohort | | | N/A | | Medium |
Drosdeck | Case Control | | | | N/A | Medium |
McGreevy | Cohort | | | N/A | | High |
Moug | Cohort | | | N/A | | Low |
Shubeck | Cohort | | | N/A | | Low |
Whitaker | Case Control | | | | N/A | Low |
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Bisset, C.N.; McKee, T.; Cawley, M.; Tilling, E.; Moug, S.J. A Systematic Review of the Abdominal Surgeon’s Personality: Exploring Common Traits in Western Populations. Behav. Sci. 2021, 11, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11010002
Bisset CN, McKee T, Cawley M, Tilling E, Moug SJ. A Systematic Review of the Abdominal Surgeon’s Personality: Exploring Common Traits in Western Populations. Behavioral Sciences. 2021; 11(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11010002
Chicago/Turabian StyleBisset, Carly Nichola, Tracey McKee, Mary Cawley, Elliot Tilling, and Susan Joan Moug. 2021. "A Systematic Review of the Abdominal Surgeon’s Personality: Exploring Common Traits in Western Populations" Behavioral Sciences 11, no. 1: 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11010002