Beyond demographics: Missing sociodemographics in surgical research
| Autor: | Elizabeth Austin, Kathryn M. Stadeli, Danielle C. Lavallee, Elena G. Brewer, Giana H. Davidson, Kemi M. Doll, Mariam N. Hantouli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Research design
medicine.medical_specialty Biomedical Research Social Determinants of Health MEDLINE Article Specialties Surgical 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient experience Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health Risk factor Prospective cohort study Demography Publishing business.industry General Medicine Clinical trial Research Design 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Marital status Surgery Periodicals as Topic business |
| Zdroj: | Am J Surg |
| ISSN: | 0002-9610 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.07.038 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Reporting sociodemographic data in research is critical to describe participants, and to identify contributing factors for patient experience, outcomes and heterogeneity of treatment effect (HTE). Social determinants of health and clinical health characteristics are important drivers of outcomes, and prospective studies collecting participant-reported data offer an opportunity to report these sociodemographics and evaluate for associations with outcomes. Clinical trials have underreported these factors previously, but reporting has not been examined in surgical research. METHODS: We reviewed prospective studies collecting participant-reported sociodemographic data from four surgical journals in 2016. The proportion of studies reporting variables of interest in “Table 1” is described. Variables included information on patient identity (e.g., age, sex), clinical health (e.g., disease-specific characteristics, BMI), individual-level (e.g., education, income) and interpersonal-level (e.g., marital status, support) risk factors. RESULTS: Forty-one publications met inclusion criteria. All reported ≥1 patient identity variable, 93% reported ≥1 clinical characteristic, 63% reported ≥1 individual-level risk factor, and 7% reported an interpersonal-level risk factor. Age, sex, and disease-specific characteristics were reported most commonly (98%, 98%, 88% respectively). 40% of studies reported comorbidities, though |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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