Quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines addressing massage interventions using the AGREE II instrument.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate the methodological quality of massage-related clinical practice guidelines (CPGs)/consensus on massage using the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation (AGREE II) instrument and to summarize the current status of recommendations in the CPGs.

Methods

The Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WanFang Data, China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP), China Biology Medicine disc (CBM), PubMed, Embase, and guideline websites (such as the Chinese Medical Ace Base, the China Association of Chinese Medicine, the World Health Organization, Guideline International Network, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) were searched from inc

SUBMITTER: Fan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10921609 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature