Alcohol use disorder: An analysis of the evidence underpinning clinical practice guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) provide effective guidance for providing medical care for individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD), the evidence behind them should be robust.

Objective

Our primary objective was to critically appraise the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews cited within CPGs regarding the treatment of AUD. Our secondary objective was to determine how frequently Cochrane Reviews were cited as justification and to evaluate appraisals between Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews.

Methods

We searched PubMed to identify CPGs for the treatment of AUD published between 2015 and 2021. Systematic reviews included in each CPG were evaluated using the Preferred Reporting Instrument for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

SUBMITTER: Tanner D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885851 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature