A tool for assessing sex/gender bias in epidemiological studies of occupational health: Pilot testing on studies of sedentary behaviour at the workplace and cardiometabolic health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The perspective of sex/gender bias is often missing in tools used to assess study risk of bias in systematic reviews. The aim was to pilot a checklist using an aetiological occupational health research question regarding the impact of sedentary behaviour at the workplace and cardiometabolic health. The checklist examined whether the consideration of sex/gender was associated with different study characteristics.

Methods

A sex/gender checklist developed based on a synopsis of existing instruments with input from the Cochrane Sex/Gender Methods Group was adapted for the present study. This checklist comprises four categories: 1. "Background and conceptual considerations" (3 items), 2. "Study design" (2 items), 3. "Study procedures of investigation or intervention an

SUBMITTER: Prigge M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12121806 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature