Sex/gender reporting and analysis in Campbell and Cochrane systematic reviews: a cross-sectional methods study

Ref ID 510
First Author J. Petkovic
Journal SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
Year Of Publishing 2018
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090880/pdf/13643_2018_Article_778.pdf
Keywords Cochrane
Campbell
Equity
General medical
Problem(s) Failure to consider equity, different socioeconomic groups or disadvantaged populations
Number of systematic reviews included 688
Summary of Findings Results sections described sex/gender in 37% of Campbell reviews and 75% of Cochrane reviews. Methods sections included the highest reporting of sex/gender in both Campbell (50.8%) and Cochrane (83.1%) reviews. 62% of Campbell reviews and 86% of Cochrane reviews did not report sex/gender in the abstract but included sex/gender considerations in a later section.
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