Development and implementation of guidelines for the management of depression: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines for the management of depression globally.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of existing guidelines for the management of depression in adults with major depressive or bipolar disorder. For each identified guideline, we assessed compliance with measures of guideline development quality (such as transparency in guideline development processes and funding, multidisciplinary author group composition, systematic review of comparative efficacy research) and implementation (such as quality indicators). We compared guidelines from low- and middle-income countries with those from high-income countries.

Findings

We identified 82 national and 13 international clinical practice guidel

SUBMITTER: Lee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7652558 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature