Evaluation of the reporting quality of clinical practice guidelines on pancreatic cancer using the RIGHT checklist.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Health Care (RIGHT) statement is a set of recommendations for the reporting in clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). We aimed to assess the reporting quality of CPGs for pancreatic cancer following the RIGHT checklist.

Methods

Guidelines for pancreatic cancer were identified by searching electronic databases, guideline databases, and medical society websites. The reporting quality was evaluated by calculating the adherence to the items of the RIGHT checklist and summarizing them over the seven domains and the entire checklist. We also present results stratified by selected characteristics.

Results

A total of 22 guidelines were found eligible. Mean overall adherence to the RIGHT items was 60.0%. All

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339847 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature