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ProfessorNickHopkinson

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Professor of Respiratory Medicine
 
 
 
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@article{Buttery:2022:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064276,
author = {Buttery, S and Philip, K and Alghamdi, S and Williams, P and Quint, J and Hopkinson, N},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064276},
journal = {BMJ Open},
title = {Reporting of data on participant ethnicity and socioeconomic status in high-impact medical journals: A targeted literature review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064276},
volume = {12},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Objectives: To assess the frequency of reporting of ethnicity (or ‘race’) and socioeconomic status (SES) indicators in high-impact journals.Design: Targeted literature reviewData sources: The 10 highest ranked general medical journals using Google scholar h5 index.Eligibility criteria:  Inclusion criteria were, human research, reporting participant level data. Exclusion criteria were non-research article, animal/other non-human participant/subject; or no participant characteristics reported.Data extraction and synthesis: Working backwards from 19/04/2021 in each journal, two independent reviewers selected the 10 most recent articles meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria, to create a sample of 100 articles.Data on the frequency of reporting of ethnicity (or ‘race’) and SES indicators were extracted and presented using descriptive statistics.Results: Of one hundred research articles included, 35 reported ethnicity and 13 SES. By contrast, 99 reported age, and 97 reported sex or gender. Among the articles not reporting ethnicity only 3 (5%) highlighted this as a limitation, and only 6 (7%) where SES data were missing. Median number of articles reporting ethnicity per journal was 2.5/10 (range 0 to 9). Only 2 journals explicitly requested reporting of ethnicity (or race), and 1 requested SES. Conclusions: The majority of research published in high-impact medical journals does not include data on the ethnicity and socioeconomic status of participants, and this omission is rarely acknowledged as a limitation. This situation persists despite the well-established importance of this issue and ICMJE recommendations to include relevant demographic variables to ensure representative samples. Standardized explicit minimum standards are required.Strengths and Limitations of this study -This study included recent studies from a range of the highest impact general medical journals.-Different inclusion/exclusion criteria for articles could be justifiably use
AU  - Buttery,S
AU  - Philip,K
AU  - Alghamdi,S
AU  - Williams,P
AU  - Quint,J
AU  - Hopkinson,N
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064276
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2044-6055
TI  - Reporting of data on participant ethnicity and socioeconomic status in high-impact medical journals: A targeted literature review
T2  - BMJ Open
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064276
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/98563
VL  - 12
ER  -
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