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ArticleJournal of the International AIDS Society2012

Gender-sensitive reporting in medical research.

Shirin Heidari, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Judith D Auerbach, Simone E Buitendijk, Pedro Cahn, Mirjam J Curno, Catherine Hankins, Elly Katabira, Susan Kippax, Richard Marlink and 10 more

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Article in Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Caring for women living with HIV: gaps in the evidence.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Shirin HeidariInternational AIDS Society, Geneva, Switzerland.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim *Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Judith D Auerbach *Independent Science and Policy Consultant, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Simone E Buitendijk *Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Pedro Cahn *Fundación Huesped, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mirjam J Curno *International AIDS Society, Geneva, Switzerland.
Catherine Hankins *Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Elly Katabira *Department of Research, Makerere Medical School, Kampala, Uganda.
Susan Kippax *Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Richard Marlink *Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Joan Marsh *European Association of Science Editors; Wiley-Blackwell, International House, London, UK.
Ana Marusic *Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia.
Heidi M Nass *Madison, WI, USA.
Julio Montaner *Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Elizabeth Pollitzer *Portia Ltd, London, UK.
Maria Teresa Ruiz-Cantero *CIBERESP, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Lorraine Sherr *Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, UK.
Papa Salif Sow *Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
Kathleen Squires *Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
Mark A Wainberg *McGill University AIDS Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sex and gender differences influence the health and wellbeing of men and women. Although studies have drawn attention to observed differences between women and men across diseases, remarkably little research has been pursued to systematically investigate these underlying sex differences. Women continue to be underrepresented in clinical trials, and even in studies in which both men and women participate, systematic analysis of data to identify potential sex-based differences is lacking. Standards for reporting of clinical trials have been established to ensure provision of complete, transparent and critical information. An important step in addressing the gender imbalance would be inclusion of a gender perspective in the next Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guideline revision. Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, as a set of well-recognized and widely used guidelines for authors and biomedical journals, should similarly emphasize the ethical obligation of authors to present data analyzed by gender as a matter of routine. Journal editors are also promoters of ethical research and adequate standards of reporting, and requirements for inclusion of gender analyses should be integrated into editorial policies as a matter of urgency.

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Manuscripts, Medical as TopicBiomedical ResearchClinical Trials as TopicFemaleHumansMaleSex Factors

Identifiers

PMID22400977
PMCPMC3313880

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