Ravioli Svenja, Moser Nathalie, Ryser Basil, Pfortmueller Carmen Andrea, Lindner Gregor
Department of Internal and Emergency Medicine, Buergerspital Solothurn, Switzerland.
Department of Anesthesiology, Buergerspital Solothurn, Switzerland.
J Crit Care. 2022 Apr;68:157-162. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.11.006. Epub 2021 Nov 23.
The established gender gap in intensive care medicine is larger compared to other medical specialties. The aim of this study was to evaluate gender distribution in boards of intensive care medicine societies worldwide.
In this cross-sectional analysis, board members and presidents of all intensive care medicine societies associated with the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine were eligible for study inclusion. Exclusion criteria were: A) society without focus on intensive care and B) online information unavailable.
In 2021, 65 presidents and 820 board members were analyzed. Ten presidents (15%) and 231 board members (28%) were women. The proportion of women presidents reached from 0% in Africa to 20% in Europe and South America. The proportion of women board members was highest in North and South America with 42% and 46% respectively and lowest in Africa (21%) and Asia (10%). In Europe, 31% of board members were women and 35% in Australia/New Zealand. Among presidents, women were underrepresented in all continents while gender distribution among board members varied significantly between countries (p < 0.0001).
Our analysis reveals an inequality in gender distribution in the boards of national intensive care medicine societies which varies but persists for all global regions.
与其他医学专科相比，重症医学领域既定的性别差距更大。本研究的目的是评估全球重症医学学会董事会中的性别分布情况。
在这项横断面分析中，所有与欧洲重症医学会相关的重症医学学会的董事会成员和会长均符合纳入研究的条件。排除标准为：A）并非专注于重症医学的学会；B）无法获取在线信息。
2021年，对65位会长和820名董事会成员进行了分析。10位会长（15%）和231名董事会成员（28%）为女性。女性会长的比例从非洲的0%到欧洲和南美洲的20%不等。女性董事会成员的比例在北美洲和南美洲最高，分别为42%和46%，在非洲（21%）和亚洲（10%）最低。在欧洲，31%的董事会成员为女性，在澳大利亚/新西兰这一比例为35%。在会长中，各大洲女性代表人数均不足，而董事会成员中的性别分布在各国之间存在显著差异（p < 0.0001）。
我们的分析揭示了各国重症医学学会董事会中性别分布的不平等，这种不平等在全球各地区都存在且有所不同。
