A scoping review establishes need for consensus guidance on reporting health equity in observational studies

Xiaoqin Wang; Omar Dewidar; Anita Rizvi; Jimmy Huang; Payaam Desai; Rebecca Doyle; Elizabeth Ghogomu; Tamara Rader; Stuart G. Nicholls; Alba Antequera; Alison Krentel; Beverley Shea; Billie-Jo Hardy; Catherine Chamberlain; Charles S. Wiysonge; Cindy Feng; Clara Juando-Prats; Daeria O. Lawson; Ekwaro A. Obuku; Elizabeth Kristjansson; Erik von Elm; Harry Wang; Holly Ellingwood; Hugh Sharma Waddington; Jacqueline Ramke; Janet Elizabeth Jull; Janet Hatcher-Roberts; Janice Tufte; Julian Little; Lawrence Mbuagbaw; Laura Weeks; Loveline Lum Niba; Luis Gabriel Cuervo; Luke Wolfenden; Mwenya Kasonde; Marc T. Avey; Melissa K. Sharp; Michael Johnson Mahande; Miriam Nkangu; Olivia Magwood; Peter Craig; Peter Tugwell; Sarah Funnell; S.G. Noorduyn; Tamara Kredo; Tanya Horsley; Taryn Young; Tomas Pantoja; Zulfiqar Bhutta; Andrea Martel; Vivian A. Welch

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.009

A scoping review establishes need for consensus guidance on reporting health equity in observational studies

Xiaoqin Wang, Omar Dewidar, Anita Rizvi, Jimmy Huang, Payaam Desai, Rebecca Doyle, Elizabeth Ghogomu, Tamara Rader, Stuart G. Nicholls, Alba Antequera, Alison Krentel, Beverley Shea, Billie-Jo Hardy, Catherine Chamberlain, Charles S. Wiysonge, Cindy Feng, Clara Juando-Prats, Daeria O. Lawson, Ekwaro A. Obuku, Elizabeth KristjanssonErik von Elm, Harry Wang, Holly Ellingwood, Hugh Sharma Waddington, Jacqueline Ramke, Janet Elizabeth Jull, Janet Hatcher-Roberts, Janice Tufte, Julian Little, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Laura Weeks, Loveline Lum Niba, Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Luke Wolfenden, Mwenya Kasonde, Marc T. Avey, Melissa K. Sharp, Michael Johnson Mahande, Miriam Nkangu, Olivia Magwood, Peter Craig, Peter Tugwell, Sarah Funnell, S.G. Noorduyn, Tamara Kredo, Tanya Horsley, Taryn Young, Tomas Pantoja, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Andrea Martel, Vivian A. Welch

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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the support from the available guidance on reporting of health equity in research for our candidate items and to identify additional items for the STROBE (Strengthening Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology)-Equity extension.

Study design and setting

We conducted a scoping review by searching Embase, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane Methodology Register, LILACS, and Caribbean Centre on Health Sciences Information up to January 2022. We also searched reference lists and grey literature for additional resources. We included guidance and assessments (hereafter termed “resources”) related to conduct and/or reporting for any type of health research with or about people experiencing health inequity.

Results

We included thirty-four resources, which supported one or more candidate items or contributed to new items about health equity reporting in observational research. Each candidate item was supported by a median of six (range: 1 - 15) resources. In addition, 12 resources suggested 13 new items, such as “report the background of investigators”.

Conclusions

Existing resources for reporting health equity in observational studies aligned with our interim checklist of candidate items. We also identified additional items that will be considered in the development of a consensus- and evidence-based guideline for reporting health equity in observational studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126-140
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	160
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.009
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2023

Keywords

Health equity
Observational studies
Reporting guideline
Reporting item
Scoping review
STROBE_Equity

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Wang, X., Dewidar, O., Rizvi, A., Huang, J., Desai, P., Doyle, R., Ghogomu, E., Rader, T., Nicholls, S. G., Antequera, A., Krentel, A., Shea, B., Hardy, B.-J., Chamberlain, C., Wiysonge, C. S., Feng, C., Juando-Prats, C., Lawson, D. O., Obuku, E. A., ... Welch, V. A. (2023). A scoping review establishes need for consensus guidance on reporting health equity in observational studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 160, 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.009

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