- Framework of problems / Objective
- Failure to consider equity, different socioeconomic groups or disadvantaged populations
- Consideration of sex and gender in Cochrane reviews of interventions for preventing healthcare-associated infections: a methodology study
| Ref ID | 170 |
| First Author | J. Lopez-Alcalde |
| Journal | BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH |
| Year Of Publishing | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419810/pdf/12913_2019_Article_4001.pdf |
| Keywords |
Cochrane Equity General medical |
| Problem(s) |
Failure to consider equity, different socioeconomic groups or disadvantaged populations |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 113 |
| Summary of Findings | Consideration of sex and gender was practically absent in the included reviews. No review met all the applicable items of the Sex and Gender Appraisal Tool for Systematic Reviews, and 50% fulfilled no item of this checklist. No review provided a complete description of the sex and the gender of the samples of the included studies. Only 10% of reviews planned to perform sex- and gender-based analysis and only 3% could complete the analysis. 3% of reviews considered sex or gender-related findings in the conclusions. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | Not Applicable |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? | Yes |