Using AGREE II reporting checklist to evaluate the quality of Tuina clinical practice guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to evaluate the methodological quality of Tuina clinical practice guidelines (CPGs).

Methods

Computer searches of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Technical Periodicals (VIP), Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and other databases were conducted to search for published guidelines on Tuina, with a search time frame from database creation to March 2021. Four evaluators independently used the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II instrument to evaluate the quality of the included guidelines.

Results

A total of eight guidelines related to Tuina were included in this study. The quality of reporting was low in all included guidelines. The highest quality

SUBMITTER: Huang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10152900 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature