What happened to the valid POEMs? A survey of review articles on the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate systematically the review literature on type 2 diabetes to assess transmission of the findings of the United Kingdom prospective diabetes study (UKPDS), an important source of recent valid patient oriented evidence that matters (POEMs).

Design

Inception cohort analysis of the recent medical literature.

Studies reviewed

Thirty five reviews on treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Main outcome measures

Presentation of three types of information from UKPDS in review articles: recommendations based on patient oriented outcomes of study; recommendations contradicted by patient oriented outcomes of study; and recommendations based on disease oriented outcomes for which no patient oriented evidence exists.

Results

Only six of the reviews included

SUBMITTER: Shaughnessy AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC167157 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature