Quality appraisal of clinical guidelines for recurrent urinary tract infections using AGREE II: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and hypothesis

Recommendations for preventing and diagnosing recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) tend to vary between clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) because of low-quality scientific evidence, potentially leading to practice variation and suboptimal care. We assessed the quality of existing CPGs for recurrent UTI.

Methods

A systematic search was performed from January 2000 to June 2021 in PubMed and EMBASE for CPGs on recurrent UTI prevention or hospital diagnostics in Dutch, English, and Spanish. Each CPG was assessed by four appraisers in a multidisciplinary review team, using the Appraisal of Guidelines, Research, and Evaluation II (AGREE II) instrument.

Results

We identified and assessed eight CPGs published between 2013 and 2021. The scope a

SUBMITTER: Pat JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9119892 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature