Under-Reporting of Socioeconomic Status of Patients in Stroke Trials
Author(s) -
Parker Magin,
Anousha Victoire,
Xi May Zhen,
John Furler,
Marie Pirotta,
Daniel Lasserson,
Christopher Levi,
Amanda Tapley,
Mieke L van Driel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.113.002414
Subject(s) - medicine , generalizability theory , socioeconomic status , randomized controlled trial , consolidated standards of reporting trials , stroke (engine) , confounding , medline , clinical trial , neurology , family medicine , physical therapy , population , environmental health , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , political science , law , engineering
The 2001 Revised Consolidated Standards of Reporting of Trials (CONSORT) statement requires reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) to include participants' baseline demographics. This enables comparison of intervention and control groups on potential confounding variables as well as assessment of study generalizability. Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with access to care and outcomes (mortality, functional outcome, recurrent stroke, and hospital readmission) poststroke. We aimed to document the reporting of baseline SES in reports of RCTs of stroke and transient ischemic attack.
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