在儿科手术系统审查中评估语言偏差:一项超流行病学研究
Dunya Moghul1, Elena Guadagno2, Shreenik Kundu1
1McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 3605 Rue de la Montagne, Montreal, H3G 2M1, QC, Canada.
Journal of pediatric surgery
|February 6, 2026
概括
近60%的儿科手术系统审查 (SRs) 排除了非英语研究,往往没有明确的报告. 这种语言偏见限制了全球研究的洞察力,可能会将证据倾向于西方背景,影响儿科外科证据的有效性.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 证据综合 证据综合
- 全球卫生平等全球卫生平等
背景情况:
- 科学文献中的语言偏见可能会限制非英语地区的见解.
- 排除非英语研究可能会使研究结论偏向西方背景.
- 儿科手术中的系统性审查 (SRs) 容易受到基于语言的限制.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估基于语言的排除在儿科手术中的程度,SRS.
- 评估这些排除对证据全面性和概括性的影响.
- 在这些审查中确定语言排除报告的透明度.
主要方法:
- 从2020年至2024年搜索了Medline,Embase和Global Health (通过Ovid) 的儿科手术SRs.
- 分析了392篇文章的样本,分别是来源国/出版商,语言限制做法和报告透明度.
- 由卫生图书馆员提供监督.
主要成果:
- 在包括的82个SR中,58.5%的SR仅限于英语语言的学习.
- 只有31.7%的SRs透明地报告了语言排除.
- 基于语言的平均排斥率在透明报告的SR中为9.5%;在删除异常值后,没有发现显著的区域差异.
结论:
- 显著比例的儿科手术SRs排除了非英语研究,往往透明度差.
- 这种语言偏见可能会低估全球研究的代表性,并将证据倾向于西方观点.
- 促进多语言包容性和透明报告对于公平和有效的儿科外科研究至关重要.
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