Table 1 Frequency of SDoH domain reporting within domain-groups.

From: Does clinical research account for diversity in deploying digital health technologies?

Social determinant of health domain

Instances reporting (n)

Unique domain-groups identified (n)

Sex

119

2a

Race

35

30

Education

26

46

Income

10

26

Employment status

8

18

Housing status

3

8

Disability status

2

4

Insurance status

2

4

Internet access

2

2

Gender

0

0

Environmental safety

0

0

Total

207b

140

  1. aIn six publications, “Men” and “Women” were interpreted as indicating Male and Female because the publications did not distinguish the use of those terms as indicating Gender rather than Sex, made no mention of Gender, and reported only “Men” and “Women” as the only two domain-groups.
  2. bTotal number of instances exceeds the 126 total publications because multiple domains could have been reported in a single publication.
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