Do pressure and fatigue influence resident job performance?
Subjective ratings of high pressure and insufficient sleep are associated with poor job performance in medical residents.
Female outpatients consider their complaints to be more serious and interfering than do patients with IBS in primary care. Male outpatients were comparable to primary care patients with IBS. More research needs to be done into sex specific differences in IBS and into the factors that influence the decision to refer a patient with IBS.