The representation of women on Australian clinical practice guideline panels, 2010-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the composition by gender of Australian clinical practice guideline development panels; to explore guideline development-related factors that influence the composition of panels.

Design, setting, participants

Survey of clinical guidelines published in Australia during 2010-2020 that observed the 2016 NHMRC Standards for Guidelines, identified (June 2021) in the NHMRC Clinical Practice Guideline Portal or by searching the Guideline International Network guidelines library, the Trip medical database, and PubMed. The gender of contributors to guideline development was inferred from gendered titles (guideline documents) or pronouns (online biographies).

Main outcome measures

The overall proportion of guideline panel members - the guideline contributor

SUBMITTER: Shalit A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10953318 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature