Low Psychological Well-being in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) During the Shelter-in-Place Orders to Prevent the COVID-19 Spread: Results from a Nationwide Study

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementConsent: The researchers also boosted the survey on Facebook, directing it to the MSM population aged from 18 to 60 years old (Facebook imposed the age restriction), using a fixed post on the official page of the survey (https://www.facebook.com/taafimdeque/) accompanied by an electronic link that granted access to a free and informed consent form and the survey’s questionnaire.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    No key resources detected.


    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    This study’s limitations include its design. Cross-sectional studies do not allow for cause and effect conclusions; that is, longitudinal studies would allow for better evidence of associations. Additionally, due to the need to comply with social distancing measures, population-based face-to-face interviews were not possible, except for the MSM who did not have access to the Internet and could not complete the electronic form. Finally, a probabilistic sampling procedure was not adopted here, which impedes the generalization of results to other contexts or countries, though the results provide a situational diagnosis of the MSM’s psychological well-being in the pandemic context.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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