Mah Linda, Rajkumar Gayathiri, Lavretsky Helen, Reynolds Charles F, Asghar-Ali Ali Abbas, Gentry Melanie T, Ahmed Iqbal, Shteinlukht Tatyana
Rotman Research Institute (LM, GR), Baycrest Centre, Toronto, ON; Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine (LM), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Rotman Research Institute (LM, GR), Baycrest Centre, Toronto, ON.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2025 Jul;33(7):746-755. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2025.03.003. Epub 2025 Mar 26.
To describe demographic and professional characteristics of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) membership based on the 2016 and 2023 surveys.
Surveys for 2016 and 2023 were created by the AAGP Diversity Caucus and the AAGP Inclusion, Diversity, Equity in Action (IDEA) committee, respectively, and administered to the AAGP membership. The 2023 survey also queried about attitudes towards diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
118 of 1,453 AAGP members responded to the 2016 survey, representing an 8.1% response rate. 195 of 1,232 members responded to the 2023 survey, for a response rate of 15.8%. The majority of survey respondents were comprised of academic psychiatrists who hold teaching and administrative roles alongside clinical work and who were predominantly Caucasian, heterosexual, and middle-aged. A comparison of survey responses in 2016 and 2023 revealed slight shifts towards greater diversity, with an increase in the proportion of nonpsychiatry professionals, racialized minorities in Black and Asian groups, and a higher proportion of female respondents. The number of respondents aged 65 and older nearly doubled between 2016 and 2023. Although the majority of respondents favored an increase in focus on DEI at the annual meeting and within the AAGP, 58 of 195 respondents (30%) did not. Respondents below the age of 55 years and who were female were disproportionately in favor of increasing a focus on DEI.
A limitation of the current findings is the low response rate. Future surveys should implement strategies to increase response rates and longitudinal tracking of survey respondents to identify DEI-related needs of the AAGP's membership. Periodic surveying of the demographic and professional diversity of the AAGP membership is an essential tool that will allow monitoring of DEI efforts in the organization.
根据2016年和2023年的调查，描述美国老年精神病学协会（AAGP）成员的人口统计学和专业特征。
2016年和2023年的调查分别由AAGP多元化核心小组和AAGP行动中的包容、多元化、公平（IDEA）委员会创建，并向AAGP成员进行了调查。2023年的调查还询问了对多元化、公平和包容（DEI）的态度。
1453名AAGP成员中有118人回复了2016年的调查，回复率为8.1%。1232名成员中有195人回复了2023年的调查，回复率为15.8%。大多数调查受访者是学术精神病医生，他们在从事临床工作的同时还担任教学和行政职务，且主要是白人、异性恋和中年人。对2016年和2023年调查回复的比较显示，在多元化方面有轻微转变，非精神病学专业人员、黑人和亚洲群体中的少数族裔比例有所增加，女性受访者的比例也更高。2016年至2023年期间，65岁及以上的受访者数量几乎翻了一番。尽管大多数受访者赞成在年会和AAGP内部增加对DEI的关注，但195名受访者中有58人（30%）不赞成。55岁以下的女性受访者尤其赞成增加对DEI的关注。
当前研究结果的一个局限性是回复率较低。未来的调查应实施提高回复率的策略，并对调查受访者进行纵向跟踪，以确定AAGP成员与DEI相关的需求。定期对AAGP成员的人口统计学和专业多样性进行调查是一个重要工具，将有助于监测该组织在DEI方面的工作。
