Prevalence and significance of race and ethnicity subgroup analyses in Cochrane intervention reviews

Ref ID 695
First Author P. Liu
Journal CLINICAL TRIALS
Year Of Publishing 2020
URL https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1740774519887148
Keywords Cochrane
Equity
General medical
Problem(s) Failure to consider equity, different socioeconomic groups or disadvantaged populations
Number of systematic reviews included 928
Summary of Findings Only 14 (1.5%) of the 928 Cochrane reviews sampled outlined plans to conduct race or ethnicity subgroup analyses. Of these, Nearly all (13/14, 92.9%) of the planned analyses were not conducted, primarily due to insufficient data.
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