Assessment of the quality of recommendations from 161 clinical practice guidelines using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation-Recommendations Excellence (AGREE-REX) instrument shows there is room for improvement.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the quality of recommendations from 161 clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) using AGREE-REX-D (Appraisal of Guidelines REsearch and Evaluation-Recommendations Excellence Draft).

Design

Cross-sectional study SETTING: International CPG community.

Participants

Three hundred twenty-two international CPG developers, users, and researchers.

Intervention

Participants were assigned to appraise one of 161 CPGs selected for the study using the AGREE-REX-D tool MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: AGREE-REX-D scores of 161 CPGs (7-point scale, maximum 7).

Results

Recommendations from 161 CPGs were appraised by 322 participants using the AGREE-REX-D. CPGs were developed by 67 different organizations. The total overall average score of the CPG recommendations w

SUBMITTER: Florez ID 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501649 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature