Musculoskeletal Research Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Department of Rheumatology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
RMD Open. 2022 Mar;8(1). doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002131.
To obtain an overview of gender equity at European rheumatology conferences.
The proportion of women invited as either moderators or speakers to the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) annual congresses and national conferences in Europe was calculated from the published congress materials from EULAR annual congresses (2015-2019) and the 2019 national conferences of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Data from EULAR congresses were further categorised by type of session. Significance testing was conducted using χ tests with the level of statistical significance set at p<0.05.
The proportion of combined women moderators and speakers at EULAR varied from 40% to 43% between 2015 and 2019 with no obvious trend over time. There were higher proportions of women in the Health Professionals in Rheumatology and People with Arthritis and Rheumatism sessions (>50% consistently). However, these sessions represent <25% of EULAR congress invitations. Representation of women at the EULAR congress in 2019 (39.6%) was significantly higher than at the national congresses in France (28.6%) and Germany (29.6%) but similar to that observed in Italy (33.7%), Spain (41.7%) and the UK (42%).
Women account for less than half of invited moderators and speakers at the conferences reviewed. Compared with historical EULAR data in 2003 (16%) and in 2004 (19%), the gender gap at EULAR congresses has narrowed considerably, but there remains a need to monitor and improve women's representation.
了解欧洲风湿病学会议的性别平等情况。
从欧洲抗风湿病联盟（EULAR）年会和欧洲各国风湿病学会议的已发表会议材料中计算了在 EULAR 年会上邀请的女性担任主持人或演讲者的比例（2015-2019 年）以及法国、德国、意大利、西班牙和英国的 2019 年全国会议。EULAR 大会的数据还按会议类型进行了分类。使用 χ 检验进行显著性检验，显著性水平设为 p<0.05。
EULAR 年会上女性联合主持人和演讲者的比例在 2015 年至 2019 年间在 40%-43%之间波动，无明显趋势。在风湿病卫生专业人员和关节炎和风湿病患者会议中女性比例较高（>50%，始终保持一致）。然而，这些会议仅占 EULAR 大会邀请的<25%。2019 年 EULAR 大会上女性的代表比例（39.6%）明显高于法国（28.6%）和德国（29.6%）的全国大会，但与意大利（33.7%）、西班牙（41.7%）和英国（42%）的情况相似。
在所审查的会议中，女性担任受邀主持人和演讲者的比例不到一半。与 2003 年（16%）和 2004 年（19%）的 EULAR 历史数据相比，EULAR 大会的性别差距已大大缩小，但仍需要监测和提高女性的代表性。
