Experience with sociodemographic data collection in the Canadian paediatric surgical context: A quality improvement initiative.

ABSTRACT: Groups that experience social inequities have poorer health outcomes; however, Canadian healthcare institutions do not routinely collect data to identify those with health inequities. This quality improvement initiative assessed response rates for different methods of sociodemographic data collection using a questionnaire developed to support the ethical prioritization of paediatric non-urgent surgery. Of the 329 families contacted, 85.4% (281/329) completed the questionnaire and of those, 79.7% (224/281) provided sociodemographic data. Surgeon asking in the clinic had the highest response rate (100.0%, 5/5), followed by phone calls from surgical booking administrators (81.6%, 93/114), and a research assistant asking in the clinic (81.0%, 34/42). Sociodemographic data collection is feasibl

SUBMITTER: So JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12122204 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature