Systematic review identified suboptimal reporting and use of race/ethnicity in general medical journals
Systematic review identified suboptimal reporting and use of race/ethnicity in general medical journals
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.11.009
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Palepu, Anita
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作者：
Ma, Irene W. Y.;Khan, Nadia A.;Palepu, Anita
目的：在生物医学期刊上报道种族/民族的方法在很大程度上是未知的。研究设计与背景：对1999年至2003年在《内科医学年鉴》、《美国医学会杂志》、《柳叶刀》和《新英格兰医学杂志》(n=1,152)上发表的所有报道一个以上种族/民族的主要研究文章进行综述，以了解它们对种族/民族和社会经济地位变量的使用。结果：共有116个不同的术语用于描述不同的种族/民族。只有13%的论文说明了通过自我报告分配的种族/民族；52%的确定研究参与者的种族/民族的论文没有报告任何SES信息。总体而言，16%的文章明确说明了收集种族/民族信息的原因。结论：我们的结果表明，种族/民族信息在普通医学期刊上的报道不是最好的。使用的术语变化很大。建立种族/族裔类别的方法、收集种族/族裔数据的理由以及社会经济地位信息没有得到充分报告。(C)2007 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
Objective: Methods of reporting of race/ethnicity in biomedical journals are largely unknown. We aimed to systematically examine the reporting practice of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) information in biomedical journals.Study Design and Setting: All primary research articles that reported more than one racial/ethnic group, published between 1999 and 2003 in Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, The Lancet, and The New England Journal of Medicine (n = 1, 152) were reviewed for their use of race/ethnicity and SES variables. Interobserver reliability was assessed by independent abstraction of 10% of study sample.Results: There were a total of 116 different terms used to describe various racial/ethnic groups. Assignment of race/ethnicity by self-report was stated in only 13% of papers; 52% of papers identifying race/ethnicity of study participants did not report any SES information. Overall, 16% of articles explicitly stated reasons for collecting information on race/ethnicity.Conclusion: Our results suggest that race/ethnicity information was suboptimally reported in general medical journals. Terminology used was highly variable. Method of establishing racial/ethnic categories, rationale for collecting race/ethnicity data, and SES information were underreported. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.