Naslov
Reporting and analyses of sex/gender and race/ethnicity in randomized controlled trials of interventions published in the highest- ranking anesthesiology journals

Autori
Begić, Dinka ; Janda-Martinac, Clemens ; Vrdoljak, Marija ; Puljak, Livia

Izvornik
Journal of comparative effectiveness research (2042-6305) 8 (2019), 16; 1417-1423

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
sex ; gender ; ethnicity ; race ; trial

Sažetak
Aim: We assessed reporting of data on sex/gender and race/ethnicity in randomized controlled trials of interventions published in the highest-ranking anesthesiology journals from 2014 to 2017. Methods: We extracted data regarding terminology for sex/gender, proportion of participants according to the race/gender and race/ethnicity, and results shown for the race/gender and race/ethnicity. Results: Among the analyzed 732 trials, few stratified allocation of participants on the basis of sex/gender and race/ethnicity, few reported results for sex/gender or race/ethnicity and the outcomes reported may be influenced by one or both. Conclusion: In conclusion, outcomes of anesthesiology trials could be vulnerable to an important and avoidable source of bias ; trialists need to pay more attention to sex and race/ethnicity when designing and reporting their studies.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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