The reporting of race and/or ethnicity in the medical literature: a retrospective bibliometric analysis confirmed room for improvement
The reporting of race and/or ethnicity in the medical literature: a retrospective bibliometric analysis confirmed room for improvement
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.11.005
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Billmann, Franck
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作者：
Bokor-Billmann, Therezia;Langan, Ewan A.;Billmann, Franck
目的：虽然收集种族和/或族裔数据是查明和解决保健提供方面的不平等和获得治疗方面的差距的一个重要途径，但缺乏研究来审查医学文献中报告种族和/或族裔数据的程度以及这些数据的质量。因此，我们试图客观地确定原始医学研究paper.Study设计和设置的种族和/或民族的报告质量：采用回顾性文献计量学分析。两名独立的研究者分析了2007年至2018年期间发表在10种顶级学术期刊上的研究种族/民族的原始文章，这些期刊分别属于以下类别：普通医学，外科学和肿瘤学。结果：我们的分析共纳入995篇原始文章。只有45项研究（4.52%）提供了人种/种族的正式定义，8.94%确定了负责分类的研究者。虽然在31.86%的纳入研究中，人种/种族是研究设计的关键部分，但仅10.25%的文章描述了用于将个体分类为人种/种族组的方法。在术语方面，我们确定了81个不同的种族/民族分类，但这些往往是不精确的和开放的interpretation.Conclusion：有显着的空间，改善在收集，报告和出版的数据描述种族和/或种族的医学文献。(C)2019爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
Objectives: Although the collection of race and/or ethnicity data is an important way to identify and address inequalities in health care provision and disparities in access to treatment, studies examining the extent to which race and/or ethnicity data are reported in the medical literature, and the quality of these data, are lacking. Therefore, we sought to objectively determine the quality of reporting of race and/or ethnicity in original medical research papers.Study Design and Setting: A retrospective bibliometric analysis was used. Two independent investigators analyzed original articles investigating race/ethnicity, published between 2007 and 2018, in the 10 top-ranking academic journals in each of the following categories: general medicine, surgery, and oncology.Results: A total of 995 original articles were included in our analysis. Only 45 studies (4.52%) provided a formal definition of race/ethnicity, and 8.94% identified the investigator responsible for the classification. While race/ethnicity was a key part of study design in 31.86% of the included investigations, the method used to classify individuals into racial/ethnic groups was described in only 10.25% of articles. In terms of terminology, we identified 81 different race/ethnicity classifications, but these were often imprecise and open to interpretation.Conclusion: There is significant room for improvement in the collection, reporting, and publishing of data describing ethnicity and/or race in the medical literature. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.