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Clinical trials published in high-profile medical journals rarely report on income or other key sociodemographic characteristics of study participants, according to a new study that suggests these gaps may create blind spots when it comes to health care, especially for disadvantaged populations.
The study, publishing June 2 in
JAMA Network Open, analyzed 10 per cent of 2,351 randomized clinical trials published in New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, The BMJ, The Lancet and Annals of Internal Medicine between Jan. 1, 2014 and July 31, 2020.
The most commonly reported sociodemographic variables were sex and gender (in 98.7 per cent of trials) and race/ethnicity (in 48.5 per cent). All other sociodemographic data, such as income, literacy or education level, language or housing status were reported in less than 15 per cent of the trials.
Holding up an iPad in the ICU, this social worker connects isolated COVID-19 patients with loved ones at home
Social worker Scott Graney is there for almost every conversation between critically ill COVID-19 patients and their families, because he s the one holding up the iPad.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 1:26 PM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Scott Graney is a social worker at St. Joseph s Health Centre of Unity Health Toronto.(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press, Submitted by Scott Graney)
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