Insufficient uptake of systematic search methods in oncological clinical practice guideline: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of systematic review methods are widely recognized to be essential in the development of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines to prove their trustworthiness. The objective of this study was to assess the use of systematic search methods by authors of guidelines published in the oncology field.

Methods

We analyzed 590 guidance documents identified in PubMed, NGC, GIN and web sites for guidelines in 2009-2015 in oncology. The main outcome measure used was incidence of guidance documents supported by a systematic search of the literature. In addition to descriptive analyses, logistic regression was used to evaluate if adequate search methods were explained by guideline characteristics.

Results

Of 590 guidance documents included in the study,

SUBMITTER: Trevisiol C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702747 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature