Reporting Race and Ethnicity in Research Presented at the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons' Annual Meeting

Cara L. Grimes; Camille A. Clare; Kate V. Meriwether; Julia Geynisman-Tan; Svjetlana Lozo; Danielle D. Antosh; Heidi W. Brown; Emily E.Weber Lebrun; Sonali V. Raman; Cheryl B. Iglesia; Julia Keltz; Shunaha Kim-Fine; Erin A. Brennand; Rebecca Rogers

doi:10.1089/gyn.2021.0137

Reporting Race and Ethnicity in Research Presented at the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons' Annual Meeting

Cara L. Grimes^*, Camille A. Clare, Kate V. Meriwether, Julia Geynisman-Tan, Svjetlana Lozo, Danielle D. Antosh, Heidi W. Brown, Emily E.Weber Lebrun, Sonali V. Raman, Cheryl B. Iglesia, Julia Keltz, Shunaha Kim-Fine, Erin A. Brennand, Rebecca Rogers

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Abstract

Objective: Inclusion of minority women in gynecologic research is vital for preventing health care inequities and disparities. This research was conducted to determine how frequently race and ethnicity data were reported in oral presentations at the Society for Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS)'s annual meeting. Materials and Methods: The abstracts and articles associated with SGS oral presentations between 2016 and 2020 were reviewed. Data regarding the numbers of subjects and reported races and ethnicities were extracted from each study. The proportion of studies that reported data about race and ethnicity was calculated. The racial and ethnic distributions of subjects within the studies that reported race and ethnicity were compared to distributions in the U.S. census data. Results: The inclusion criteria were met by 72/92 available abstracts and 28/37 available, articles. Data were reported on participants' race in 10/72 (13.9%) abstracts and 21/28 (75.0%) articles. Ethnicity was reported in 3/72 (4.2%) abstracts and 14/28 (50.0 %) articles. In the abstracts and articles that did report on race, races other than White were underrepresented, compared to the U.S. population. Conclusions: Most research abstracts at SGS annual meetings did not include race or ethnicity data. SGS articles were more likely to report these data but did not represent the the U.S. population diversity accurately.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	241-248
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Gynecologic Surgery
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/gyn.2021.0137
State	Published - Jun 1 2022

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Dr. Grimes is the associate chair of the Collaborative Research in Pelvic Surgery Consortium, Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. Dr. Clare is on the Board of Directors of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Board of Trustees of the National Medical Association. Dr. Meriwether receives royalties for Elsevier Publishing and a travel stipend from the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. Drs. Brown, Iglasia, and Rogers receive royalties from Wolters-Kluwer, Inc. (as an UpToDate, Inc., author) and performs expert consultations for Grand Rounds, Inc. Dr. Brennand receives grant funding from Boston Scientific. Dr. Iglesia is also on the McGraw-Hill; editorial board of OBGManagement and the executive board of the SGS, as well as being on the advisory Board and a council member of the Patty Brisben Foundation, the Healthy Women Foundation, and the Foundation for Female Health Awareness. Dr. Rogers also receives a stipend and travel reimbursement from the International Urogyneco-logic Association and American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Keywords

ethnicity
gynecologic surgery
health care disparities
health care inequities
race
scientific research

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Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Grimes, C. L., Clare, C. A., Meriwether, K. V., Geynisman-Tan, J., Lozo, S., Antosh, D. D., Brown, H. W., Lebrun, E. E. W., Raman, S. V., Iglesia, C. B., Keltz, J., Kim-Fine, S., Brennand, E. A., & Rogers, R. (2022). Reporting Race and Ethnicity in Research Presented at the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons' Annual Meeting. Journal of Gynecologic Surgery, 38(3), 241-248. https://doi.org/10.1089/gyn.2021.0137

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