Lack of sex- and gender-disaggregated data in diagnostics: findings from a scoping review of five tracer conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sex and gender can affect all aspects of health-related behavior, yet there is limited information on how they influence diagnosis of any health condition. This scoping review examined the extent to which sex- and gender-disaggregated data on diagnostics are available for five tracer conditions: tuberculosis, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), diabetes, malaria, and schistosomiasis.

Methods

Publications were searched between 2000 and 2022 on PubMed and Google Scholar and screened for relevance. Extracted data were analysed using descriptive quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Results

We identified 29 relevant articles for tuberculosis, four for diabetes, six for schistosomiasis, eight for COVID-19, and three for malaria. For tuberculosis, most studie

SUBMITTER: Upadhyay V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11810905 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature