Core Recommendations for Osteoarthritis Care: A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the quality of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for interventions in management of osteoarthritis (OA) and to provide a synthesis of high-quality CPG recommendations.

Methods

Five databases (OvidSP Medline, Cochrane, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature [CINAHL], Embase, and the Physiotherapy Evidence Database [PEDro]) and 4 online guideline repositories were searched. CPGs for the management of OA were included if they were 1) written in English and published from January 2015 to February 2022, focused on adults age ≥18 years, and met the criteria of a CPG as defined by the Institute of Medicine; and 2) were rated as high quality on the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II) instrument. CPGs for OA were

SUBMITTER: Conley B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature