Usefulness of Cochrane Reviews in Clinical Guideline Development-A Survey of 585 Recommendations.

ABSTRACT: The Danish Health Authority develops clinical practice guidelines to support clinical decision-making based on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system and prioritizes using Cochrane reviews. The objective of this study was to explore the usefulness of Cochrane reviews as a source of evidence in the development of clinical recommendations. Evidence-based recommendations in guidelines published by the Danish Health Authority between 2014 and 2021 were reviewed. For each recommendation, it was noted if and how Cochrane reviews were utilized. In total, 374 evidence-based recommendations and 211 expert consensus recommendations were published between 2014 and 2021. Of the 374 evidence-based recommendations, 106 included evidence from Cochrane review

SUBMITTER: Korfitsen CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8775999 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature