Equity issues were not fully addressed in Cochrane human immunodeficiency virus systematic reviews

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 Cochrane
Equity
Immunology
Problem(s) Failure to consider equity, different socioeconomic groups or disadvantaged populations
Number of systematic reviews included 103
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%).
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? No