Underrepresentation of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Research Informing the American Urological Association/Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction Stress Urinary Incontinence Guideline

• DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.08.038
• Publication Date: 2021-09-15T06:13:23Z
• Authors: Gabriela Gonzalez; Kai Dallas; Aman Arora; Kathleen C. Kobashi; Jennifer T. Anger
• Keywords: Guideline

To characterize the racial/ethnic representation in studies used American Urological Association/Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction stress urinary incontinence guideline.Cited were reviewed using inclusion and exclusion criteria. The criteria focused on United States literature to allow for demographic comparison with census data. compare racial a study diversity surrounding city, we calculated differences between county data race reported performed regression analyses.Eighty-seven cited reviewed, which 33 excluded 52 further evaluated. Seventeen US studies, nine race. Eighty percent women included 9 non-Hispanic white women. A diverse geographic region did not correlate increased enrollment non-White patients.The majority develop management guidelines report race/ethnicity participants. Among those that did, Asian, Black, Hispanic at lower rates than women, identifying an area opportunity improve research recruitment promote health equity. Non-Hispanic consistently overrepresented while other either under-represented or completely excluded.