Reporting quality of chronic kidney disease practice guidelines according to the RIGHT statement: a systematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to evaluate the reporting quality of chronic kidney disease (CKD) guidelines.

Methods

PubMed, EMBASE, and guideline-related websites were searched from 2008 to 2019. The CKD guidelines were included. Two reviewers used the RIGHT (Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare) checklist to assess the quality of guidelines and calculate the reporting proportion of each guideline.

Results

We included 13 guidelines, of which 30.8% (4/13) were developed in Europe and about two-thirds (8/13) were published on their own website. The average quality of the 13 guidelines was 68.57%. The reporting proportion of the seven domains (i.e. basic information; background; evidence; recommendations; review and quality assurance; funding and declara

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7235670 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature