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. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2110700.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10700.

Reporting of Sociodemographic Variables in Randomized Clinical Trials, 2014-2020

Aaron M Orkin  1   2 , Gina Nicoll  3   4 , Navindra Persaud  1   2   5 , Andrew D Pinto  1   4   5
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Reporting of Sociodemographic Variables in Randomized Clinical Trials, 2014-2020

Aaron M Orkin et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses the frequency and thoroughness of reporting of sociodemographic variables in randomized clinical trials published in 5 high-impact health journals from January 2014 to July 2020.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Orkin reported being supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr Persaud reported receiving grants from the Canada Research Chairs Program and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research outside the submitted work. Dr Pinto reported being supported as a clinician-scientist by the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; the Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital; the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, and St Michael’s Hospital; by a fellowship from the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation; and as the associate director for clinical research at the University of Toronto Practice-Based Research Network. Dr Pinto reported receiving honoraria for presentations at Queen’s University (2010), the University of Saskatchewan (2012), Mount Sinai Hospital (2012), the Toronto Reference Library (2016), the Law Society of Ontario (2016), the Japan Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (2018), the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto (2019), McMaster University (2020), and Ghent University, Belgium (2020). Dr Pinto also reported serving as an unpaid scientific advisor to a start-up company, Mutuo Health Solutions. No other disclosures were reported.

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