Morimoto Tadatsugu, Kobayashi Takaomi, Fukuda Miyuki, Hirata Hirohito, Otani Koji, Sekiguchi Miho, Yamauchi Kazuyo, Tsukamoto Masatsugu, Nagamine Satomi, Haro Hirotaka
Orthopedic Surgery, Saga University, Saga, JPN.
Neurological Surgery, Shin-Aikai Spine Center, Katano Hospital, Katano, JPN.
Cureus. 2024 May 27;16(5):e61152. doi: 10.7759/cureus.61152. eCollection 2024 May.
STUDY DESIGN: This was a descriptive study through secondary analysis of aggregated data. PURPOSE: This study aimed to describe changes in women's membership in the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (JSSR) for orthopedic surgery and the Neurospinal Society of Japan (NSJ) for neurosurgery over the past decade and make predictions for the future. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Although the ratio of women physicians in the field of spine surgery is known to be low worldwide, there is a lack of detailed surveys in Japan. METHODS: We sent emails to the JSSR and NSJ secretariats to verify membership information (gender and age) from 2013 to 2022. Using ordinary least squares, we projected the years it would take for the JSSR and NSJ to achieve a gender diversity ratio of 30%. RESULTS: In 2013, the percentage of women in JSSR and NSJ was 2.3% and 2.7%, respectively. However, after 2018, the percentage of women in NSJ will be higher than in JSSR, rising to 2.7% in JSSR and 4.7% in NSJ by 2022. It would require 101 years for the NSJ and more than 1,000 years for the JSSR to realize 30% gender diversity. CONCLUSIONS: JSSR and NSJ have low percentages of women. Improving gender diversity is an important issue for both societies, and they may collaborate on finding a good solution. Both the JSSR and NSJ societies need to actively address gender diversity and become more attractively represented in society for the next generation of spine surgeons.
研究设计:这是一项通过对汇总数据进行二次分析的描述性研究。 目的:本研究旨在描述过去十年中,日本脊柱外科学会及相关研究学会(JSSR)的骨科女性会员以及日本神经脊柱学会(NSJ)的神经外科女性会员的变化情况,并对未来进行预测。 文献综述:尽管全球范围内脊柱外科领域女医生的比例较低,但日本缺乏详细的调查。 方法:我们向JSSR和NSJ秘书处发送电子邮件,以核实2013年至2022年的会员信息(性别和年龄)。使用普通最小二乘法,我们预测了JSSR和NSJ实现30%性别多样性比例所需的时间。 结果:2013年,JSSR和NSJ的女性比例分别为2.3%和2.7%。然而,2018年之后,NSJ的女性比例将高于JSSR,到2022年,JSSR的女性比例升至2.7%,NSJ的女性比例升至4.7%。NSJ实现30%性别多样性需要101年,而JSSR则需要1000多年。 结论:JSSR和NSJ的女性比例较低。提高性别多样性对两个学会来说都是一个重要问题,它们可能需要合作找到一个好的解决方案。JSSR和NSJ两个学会都需要积极应对性别多样性问题,并在下一代脊柱外科医生中更具吸引力地展现自身形象。
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