Clinical practice guidelines for cardiovascular disease: how is depression addressed? Protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Depression frequently affects patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). When these conditions co-occur, outcomes such as quality of life and life expectancy worsen. In everyday practice, this specific and prevalent disease-disease interaction complicates patient management. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) aim to provide the best available advice for clinical decision-making to improve patient care. This study will aim to evaluate how CPGs specifically address depression in patients with CVD, and whether they provide any operational guidance for screening and management of depression in the primary care and outpatient setting.

Methods and analysis

We will conduct a systematic review of CPGs on CVD management published from 2012 to 2023. A broad literature s

SUBMITTER: Blatch Armon D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163515 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature