Systematic reviews of clinical practice guidelines: a methodological guide

• Published in: Journal of clinical epidemiology Vol. 108; pp. 64 - 76
• Main Authors: Johnston, Amy, Kelly, Shannon E., Hsieh, Shu-Ching, Skidmore, Becky, Wells, George A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Accuracy; Anticoagulants; Clinical decision making; Clinical medicine; Clinical practice guidelines; Data processing; Decision making; Design; Epidemiology; Evidence-Based Medicine; Guidelines; Humans; Literature reviews; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Quality; Quality assessment; Research methodology; Researchers; Reviews; Systematic review; Systematic Reviews as Topic; Clinical practice guidelines; Systematic review; Evidence-based medicine; Research methodology

Systematic reviews (SRs) of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are unique knowledge syntheses that require tailored approaches to, and greater subjectivity in, design and execution compared with other SRs in clinical epidemiology. We provide review authors structured direction on how to design and...