Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research: consensus recommendations for the collection and reporting of equity-relevant data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aspiration to improve health equity is fundamental to scholarly focus and action in public health, and highly relevant to addressing the global burden of pain-the leading contributor to disability worldwide. There is potential for advancement towards health equity to be facilitated by greater access to data that identifies the role of socio-demographic factors in pain and health outcomes.

Methods

The 'Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in Pain Research' project was a multi-stage process that aimed to reach consensus on the most important equity-relevant items to include in all human adult pain research. Conducted April 2022-May 2025, it incorporated two scoping reviews (published 2023), an international Delphi

SUBMITTER: Karran EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12595279 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature