Fairness in recently released and upcoming guidelines
Guideline | How is fairness included? |
Reporting guidelines | |
Development and Reporting of Prediction Models: Guidance for Authors From Editors of Respiratory, Sleep, and Critical Care Journals1 | Discussion of the risk of unfairness is included in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7161722/bin/ccm-48-0623-s001.docx but not the main document. |
TRIPOD-ML (Announcement Statement Only)18 | No explicit mention. |
STARD-AI (Announcement Statement Only)19 | No explicit mention. |
Checklist for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging31 | Bias discussed, but not clearly in the context of fairness with respect to differential performance or impact between patient groups. |
Clinical Trial Guidelines | |
CONSORT-AI Extension3 | Fairness is brought up in the discussion section but not included explicitly in any of the guideline checklist points. |
SPIRIT-AI Extension2 | No explicit mention. |
CONSORT-AI, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials–Artificial Intelligence; SPIRIT-AI, Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials–Artificial Intelligence; STARD-AI, Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies–Artificial Intelligence ; TRIPOD-ML, Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis or Diagnosis–Machine Learning.