Thank you, you mentions really resourceful topic as non-clinical factors influences in clinical decision making. In my home health practice, I feel patient related non clinical factors influence such as socioeconomic, gender, adhere to treatment. To be frank, sometimes this gives me hard time. For instance, I was allotted to evaluate a female patient with hemiplegia and pressure ulcer at back, lateral malleolus. Patient was female and she was not co operative to male PTs, not giving proper answers which may affect on clinical decision making for PTs. Moreover, While asking while asking urinary incontinence question patient's personal factor affect if therapist's gender is opposite to PTs especially in geriatric females.According to Restivo
