Uptake of systematic reviews and meta-analyses based on individual participant data in clinical practice guidelines: descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To establish the extent to which systematic reviews and meta-analyses of individual participant data (IPD) are being used to inform the recommendations included in published clinical guidelines.

Design

Descriptive study.

Setting

Database maintained by the Cochrane IPD Meta-analysis Methods Group, supplemented by records of published IPD meta-analyses held in a separate database.

Population

A test sample of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials that included a meta-analysis of IPD, and a separate sample of clinical guidelines, matched to the IPD meta-analyses according to medical condition, interventions, populations, and dates of publication.

Data extraction

Descriptive information on each guideline was extracted along with evidenc

SUBMITTER: Vale CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4353308 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature