Clinical practice guidelines and expert consensus statements on rehabilitation for patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To appraise the quality of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and expert consensus statements on rehabilitation for patients with COVID-19, summarise recommendations of rehabilitation assessments and interventions and evaluate the heterogeneity of the recommendations.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

PubMed and Embase databases and five online guideline repositories: The National Guideline Clearinghouse, Guidelines International Network, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and WHO were searched from their inception to August 2024. In addition, we reviewed reference lists of eligible citations and searched the grey literature on the relevant websites.

Eligibility criteria for selecting

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409320 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature