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ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2024

A scoping review of geriatric emergency medicine research transparency in diversity, equity, and inclusion reporting.

Anita N Chary, Michelle Suh, Edgardo Ordoñez, Lauren Cameron-Comasco, Surriya Ahmad, Alexander Zirulnik, Angela Hardi, Alden Landry, Vivian Ramont, Tracey Obi and 2 more

Abstract readScoping Review
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. A systematic review of interventions for persons living with dementia: The Geriatric ED Guidelines 2.0.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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  4. Effects of a Geriatric Emergency Department Multidisciplinary Intervention on Functional Status and Quality of Life: A Pre/Post Cohort Study.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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  8. Recruiting People With Dementia in Emergency Research: Insights From Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research 2.0 Network (GEAR 2.0) Pilot Studies.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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  9. Marginal Dispositions and Shared Decision-Making Among Older Adults in the ED: A Prospective Cohort Study.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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  12. Implementation of geriatric clinical decision support in the emergency department for potentially inappropriate medications.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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  13. The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research Standardization Study (GEARSS): An Observational Study of Older Emergency Department Patients.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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  14. Development and validation of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure-Older adult care Transitions from the Emergency Department (PROM-OTED) tool.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Anita N CharyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Michelle SuhSection of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Edgardo OrdoñezDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Lauren Cameron-ComascoDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oaks, Michigan, USA.
Surriya AhmadDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Alexander ZirulnikDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Angela HardiOlin Medical Library, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Alden LandryDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Vivian RamontCenter for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Tracey ObiCenter for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Emily H WeaverWest Health Institute, San Diego, California, USA.
Christopher R CarpenterDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2603-7157

Funding

Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research network 2.0 - Advancing Dementia Care (GEAR 2.0 ADC)R61AG069822 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HWANG, ULA Y, SHAH, MANISH N · 2020 to 2021
$3.0M
Identifying Implementation Strategies for Emergency Department (ED) Delirium Screening in Older AdultsR03AG078943 · NIA · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CHARY, ANITA · 2022 to 2023
$320k
Houston Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety CIN13-413NIA NIH HHS R03 AG078943NIA NIH HHS R03AG078943NIA NIH HHS R61 AG069822NIA NIH HHS R61AG069822
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe intersection of ageism and racism is underexplored in geriatric emergency medicine (GEM) research.

methodsWe performed a scoping review of research published between January 2016 and December 2021. We included original emergency department-based research focused on falls, delirium/dementia, medication safety, and elder abuse. We excluded manuscripts that did not include (1) original research data pertaining to the four core topics, (2) older adults, (3) subjects from the United States, and (4) for which full text publication could not be obtained. The primary objective was to qualitatively describe reporting about older adults' social identities in GEM research. Secondary objectives were to describe (1) the extent of inclusion of minoritized older adults in GEM research, (2) GEM research about health equity, and (3) feasible approaches to improve the status quo of GEM research reporting.

resultsAfter duplicates were removed, 3277 citations remained and 883 full-text articles were reviewed, of which 222 met inclusion criteria. Four findings emerged. First, race and ethnicity reporting was inconsistent. Second, research rarely provided a rationale for an age threshold used to define geriatric patients. Third, GEM research more commonly reported sex than gender. Fourth, research commonly excluded older adults with cognitive impairment and speakers of non-English primary languages.

conclusionMeaningful assessment of GEM research inclusivity is limited by inconsistent reporting of sociodemographic characteristics, specifically race and ethnicity. Reporting of sociodemographic characteristics should be standardized across different study designs. Strategies are needed to include in GEM research older adults with cognitive impairment and non-English primary languages.

Indexed as

Emergency MedicineGeriatricsAgedAgeismBiomedical ResearchCultural DiversityFemaleHealth EquityHumansMaleUnited Statesdiversityemergency medicineequitygeriatricsinclusionresearch

Identifiers

PMID38994587
PMCPMC11560720

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