| Ref ID | 392 |
| First Author | T. Aves |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(16)30455-3/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• Immunology • Cochrane • Equity |
| Problem(s) |
• Failure to consider equity, different socioeconomic groups or disadvantaged populations |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 • PROGRESS-plus |
| Aim | To assess equity reporting in Cochrane systematic reviews of human immunodeficiency virus and explore the extent to which equity issues are addressed and reported in HIV reviews using the PROGRESS Plus framework. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The included HIV systematic reviews did not consistently addressed equity issues. Gender was most commonly mentioned (65%); followed by area income (55%); place of residence (24%); race (20%); occupation (11%); socio-economic status (11%); education (8%); sexual orientation (4%); religion (2%); age (2%); and social capital (1%). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 103 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 103 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |