Delphi Process to Achieve Global Consensus on Gender Equity in Critical Care

NCT ID: NCT06847802

Last Updated: 2025-02-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 45 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2026-03-01

Brief Summary

Gender inequalities in healthcare, including among critical care professionals, have been widely recognized over the last decade. Significant gender disparities persist in areas including leadership, academia, research, workplace remuneration, and medical publication among critical care professionals. Furthermore, there remains a notable gap in knowledge and awareness regarding gender equity (all genders) and inclusivity among healthcare professionals.

Given the limited research and evidence on these issues, Investigator propose employing the Delphi methodology to generate consensus among global critical care practitioners on position statements aimed at addressing gender equity (all genders) in critical care.

Detailed Description

To generate consensus among a diverse panel of critical care practitioners, scientists, and researchers on the strategic measures to achieve gender equity in critical care within healthcare institutions, professional societies, organizations, and boards in various professional domains.

Conditions

Professional Role; Research Peer Review

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: OTHER

Interventions

Survey

The survey will include statements related to the Domains Addressing healthcare workers/trainees, Critical Care (CC) Academic meetings, At the Workplace, CC Academia, Education of CC Trainees, Professionalism and Misconduct, Administration and Governance in the Workplace and in CC Societies, Environmental and logistic facilities, Publication of Gender metrics, Committee/working group for gender-balance The statements related to the domains will be drafted in the form of a 7-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, somewhat agree, neither agree nor disagree, somewhat disagree, disagree, strongly disagree) Statements that achieved consensus and stability will be used to issue the position. The results of the Delphi rounds, position statements, and the manuscript will be reviewed and approved by the panelists before submission for publication

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Professionals working in Intensive Care, Critical Care Practitioner, Scientists, or Researcher
• Any one of the following: having publications, engagement in advocacy related to gender equity, and currently or in the past holding an official leadership position in the Critical Care Society, Intensive care unit, or a healthcare institution
• Completed the Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT)5

Exclusion Criteria

• unwilling to participate

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Tata Memorial Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Sheila Nainan Myatra

Professor, Dept of Anaesthesia

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Sheila Myatra

Role: CONTACT

sheila150@hotmail.com

02224177000 ext. 7050

Other Identifiers

2102

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id