Table 2.
Percentage of studies reporting health equity factors according to CONSORT-Equity 2017
Extension for health equity relevant trials | % (n=11) | |
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1 | Rationale for focus on health equity | 100 |
2 | Methods of recruitment to reach populations across relevant PROGRESS-Plus characteristics | 100 |
3 | Objective with reference to health equity | 91 |
4 | Report any limitations related to assessing effects on health equity | 91 |
5 | Applicability related to population of interest across PROGRESS-Plus characteristics | 91 |
6 | Trial design to answer equity questions | 91 |
7 | Population eligibility criteria across relevant PROGRESS-Plus1 characteristics | 91 |
8 | Context and relationship to health inequity | 91 |
9 | Details of partnerships with populations and communities | 91 |
10 | Participants who were assigned, received, and who were analyzed across relevant PROGRESS-Plus characteristics | 63 |
11 | Numbers of participants randomly assigned, received, and were analyzed across relevant PROGRESS-Plus characteristics | 63 |
12 | Baseline characteristics across relevant PROGRESS-Plus characteristics | 63 |
13 | Details of ethical clearance and informed consent | 54 |
14 | Additional analyses focused on health equity | 45 |
15 | Additional analytic approaches related to equity objectives distinguishing pre-specified from exploratory | 45 |
16 | Outcomes relevant and important to population(s) across PROGRESS-Plus | 36 |
17 | Losses and exclusions after randomization across relevant PROGRESS-Plus characteristics with reasons | 36 |
18 | Randomization was stratified by geographical region and quality of care | 36 |
19 | Details of implementation (coverage, intensity) in each trial arm across relevant PROGRESS-Plus characteristics | 27 |
20 | Analyses focused on health equity objectives are powered to detect differences | 18 |
21 | Comparator intervention as standard of care and whether it has equity implications | 0 |
22 | Whether inequities caused by the intervention (such as unintended effects) were assessed | 0 |
PROGRESS-Plus characteristics are place of residence, race/ethnicity/culture/language, occupation, gender/sex, religion, education, social capital, socioeconomic status, personal characteristics associated with discrimination, features of relationships, and time-dependent relationships