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

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare (RIGHT) instrument was launched in 2016 to improve the reporting of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). We aimed to systematically evaluate the reporting quality of CPGs on melanoma using RIGHT.

Methods

We systematically searched electronic databases, guideline databases and medical society websites until November 2020 to identify guidelines for melanoma published since 2018. The reporting quality of included guidelines was assessed by calculating the percentages of the 35 items of the RIGHT checklist that were appropriately reported. We stratified the results by selected characteristics to describe the correlation of these factors with reporting quality.

Results

A total of 20 guidelin

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature