Assessing the quality and integrating the evidence and strength of recommendations in the guidelines for gastric precancerous lesions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are intended to offer appropriate recommendations for clinical practice based on the available evidence while acknowledging existing gaps and uncertainties. The quality of CPGs for gastric precancerous lesions (GPL), distribution of evidence quality, and strength of recommendations are unknown.

Objective

Systematically evaluate the quality of CPGs for GPL and identify areas for improvement in the development process.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and six online CPG repositories were systematically searched for CPGs related to GPL. Three researchers independently assessed the methodological quality of the included CPGs by using the AGREE II tool. The rep

SUBMITTER: Ou JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11830177 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature