Strategies for monitoring and updating clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scientific knowledge is in constant change. The flow of new information requires a frequent re-evaluation of the available research results. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are not exempted from this phenomenon and need to be kept updated to maintain the validity of their recommendations. The objective of our review is to systematically identify, describe and assess strategies for monitoring and updating CPGs.

Study design and setting

We conducted a systematic review of studies evaluating one or more methods of updating (with or without monitoring) CPGs or recommendations. We searched MEDLINE (PubMed) and The Cochrane Methodology Register (The Cochrane Library) from 1966 to June 2012. Additionally, we hand-searched reference lists of the included studies and t

SUBMITTER: Martinez Garcia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3520818 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature