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 • General medical
• Cochrane
• Equity
Problem(s) • Failure to consider equity, different socioeconomic groups or disadvantaged populations
Article Type Editorial
Article Subtype Comment/letter
First Author Country United States
Aim A research letter highlighting a random sample of Cochrane reviews' use of race and ethnicity subgroup analyses, as potentially relevant treatment effect modifiers. Reviews were conducted between 2000-2018.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
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.
Number of systematic reviews included 928
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 9518
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description