Dermatologists spent less time with Asian patients with psoriasis than patients of other races and ethnicities in a cross-sectional study. DermTwitter
than patients of other races and ethnicities in a cross-sectional study using data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2010 to 2016.
"The etiology of these differences is unclear," they wrote."It is possible that factors such as unconscious bias, cultural differences in communication, or residual confounding may be responsible for the observed findings." Previous research, the authors wrote, has found that Asian patients were less likely to receive counseling from physicians, compared with White patients. And"paradoxically," they noted, Asian individuals tend to present with more severe psoriasis than patients of other races and ethnicities.
For practicing dermatologists, knowing for now that Asian patients have shorter visits"may bring to light some consciousness to how we practice," Yang noted."We may counsel differently, we may spend differing amounts of time — for reasons still unknown. But being generally aware can help us to shift any unconscious bias that may be there."
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