Do health professionals have a prototype concept of disease? The answer is no

Table 1 Average ratings for all respondents ranged according to mean score

Disease/Condition	Mean	SD
Lung cancer	9.91	0.49
Leukemia	9.85	0.78
Colon cancer	9.82	0.80
Myocardial Infarction	9.79	0.78
AIDS	9.74	0.81
Renal failure	9.72	1.06
Multiple Sclerosis	9.69	0.90
Diabetes	9.36	1.53
Appendicitis	9.35	1.76
Reumatoid arthritis	9.33	1.32
Schizophrenia	9.20	1.42
Bechterews disease	9.16	1.54
Angina Pectoris	9.02	1.62
Rupture of the spleen	8.98	2.42
Asthma	8.97	1.70
Liver cirrhosis	8.87	2.08
Dementia	8.79	1.97
Ulcus duodeni	8.69	2.10
Psoriasis	8.64	2.09
Cataract	8.60	2.26
Twar (pneumonia clamydiae)	8.59	2.14
Kidney stone	8.49	2.59
Anorexia	7.76	2.29
Femur fracture	7.73	3.66
Prolapse	7.64	2.71
Borderline personality disorder	7.60^{a, b}	2.28
Anxiety neurosis	7.46^a	2.33
Aspergers syndrome	6.97	5.94
Eating disorder	6.63	3.12
Ectopic pregnancy	6.23	3.80
Lumbago	6.12	3.06
Alcoholism	6.11	2.73
ADHD	5.95^a	2.74
ME/CFS	5.91^a	2.55
Self affliction	5.90	2.97
Opioid dependency	5.68	3.17
Erectile dysfunction	5.67	2.67
Fibromyalgia	5.64^a	2.47
Candida	5.56	3.38
Gulf war syndrome	5.44	2.83
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	5.33	2.88
Agorafobia	4.67^a	2.87
Neurasthenia	4.59	2.9
Obesity	4.54	3.58
Dysmorphophobia	3.73	2.96
Gambling dependence	3.62	2.76
Alergia to electric waves	3.49^{a, b}	2.84
Infertility	3.36	3.19
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)	2.85	2.86
Cleptomaina	2.82	2.64
Spontaneous abortion	2.79	3.23
Internet pornography dependence	2.78	2.84
Shopping dependency	1.99	2.42
Coffein dependency	1.58	2.21
Coca-Cola dependency	1.40	2.12
Menopause	1.26	2.41
Media-victim-syndrome	1.23	1.70
Nostalgia	0.74	1.41
Dissidence	0.74	1.45
Drapetomania	0.73	1.66
Pregnancy	0.40	1.35
Homosexuality	0.26	0.80

^aStatistical significant difference between respondents with Ba and Ma level education (t-test, p < .01)
^bStatistical significant difference between the years of response (sinking scoring with time) (ANOVA, p < .01)

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