Every country has its own clinical guideline to standardize medical care, and China is developing guidehnes too. Viewing the guidehne＇s usage in the world over many years, we find that it hasn＇t achieved good effect. The development of evidence-based medicine brings a primal change to guideline development. The evidence-based clinical guidehnes are arising in the world. We summarized the principle of developing evidence-based guideline according to the experience of Scotland to provide reference for domestic peers.
This article discussed the development and current situation about both national and international diagnostic practice guidelines, as well as the role of evidence based medicine and systematic reviews in the development of such guidelines. Authors also analyzed the opportunities and challenges developers faced, and the methods and processes of development. Finally, authors proposed several strategic suggestions about how to improve the quality of diagnostic practice guideline in China.
A well-conducted evidence-based guideline not only considers the efficiency and the cost of the recommended intervention, but also the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention during implementation. Systematic reviews of qualitative research aim to provide qualitative evidence such as the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention. In developing evidence-based guidelines, qualitative evidence helps to:(1) Define the scope of guideline; (2) Assess the acceptability of interventions; (3) Assess the feasibility of interventions; (4) Identify considerations when implementing guidelines. Systematic reviews provide the fundamental evidence required to develop robust and trustworthy guidelines. The CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach aims to grade the evidence from systematic reviews of qualitative research. After critically and scientifically appraising by CERQual, the acceptance and feasibility of an intervention are given different grading, which is the critical process of developing evidence-based guidelines. This paper will demonstrate the value of systematic reviews of qualitative research in developing evidence-based guidelines and how to implement recommendations from qualitative evidence.
ObjectiveTo systematically review quality of evidence-based pneumocystosis guidelines for children, compare the differences and similarities among recommendations, and to provide references for clinical application.
MethodsDatabases such as TRIP, PubMed, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, CBM, U.S National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), and Guidelines International Network (GIN) were searched to collect evidence-based guidelines on medication therapy for children with pneumocystosis. Methodological quality of included guidelines was evaluated according to the AGREE Ⅲ instrument, and the differences and similarities among recommendations were compared.
ResultsA total of 3 evidence-based guidelines concerning children with pneumocystosis were included, of which, 2 were made by the USA and 1 by international academic organizations. Only 1 guideline was especially suitable for children, while others were for children of different ages and adults. The results of AGREE Ⅲ scoring showed that, among 6 domains which were rated using the AGREE Ⅲ instrument, "scope and purpose", "stakeholder involvement", "rigor of development", "clarity and presentation" and "editorial independence" were scored more than 60%; while "applicability" was only scored 46%, 25% and 31%. Besides, the grading of evidence and grading of recommendations were different. The medication recommendations of different guidelines were not the same.
ConclusionThe quality of 3 guidelines is not high, and the grading of evidence and the strength of recommendation are still needed to be unified. The target population and the recommendations in the guidelines are different.
In this article, three research cases are introduced to show the rationale of analysis of papers cited in evidence-based guidelines and the implementation steps. The ultimate goal of medical research is to promote health; evidence-based guidelines are of most importance to medical practice, which can be directly used in clinical practice and health prevention. One of the ways in which research can influence practice is through its contribution to being references of guidelines, and it’s a new way to evaluate biomedical research’s “payback” on health.
To identify the best evidence in the management of indicator, short and long term of prophylactic platelet transfusion in patient with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). We searched the latest evidence-based guidelines in PubMed,reviewed and appraised these guidelines. Clinical decision was made based on the guidelines and the actual patient with MDS. Perfect treatment effect was obtained through evidence-based clinical decision.
ObjectivesTo evaluate the quality of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence, so as to provide evidence for clinical stress urinary incontinence management research.MethodsWebsite of the professional society, clinical practice guide website, Yimaitong website, PubMed, CNKI, WanFang Data and VIP databases were electronically searched to collect stress urinary incontinence management related guidelines from January 1st, 2014 to January 1st, 2019. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and evaluated the quality of included guidelines using Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE Ⅱ) and the characteristics of each guidelines were analyzed.ResultsWe identified totally 8 relevant evidence-based guidelines in this field. The average standardized scores in the 6 domains of AGREE II were 90.74% (scope and purpose), 78.71% (stakeholder involvement), 74.60% (rigor of development), 93.52% (clarity of presentations), 61.81% (applicability), and 91.67% (independence). The overall standardized scores of 8 guidelines were 77.70%, and the total scores were 5.31 (out of 7). For overall quality, 4 of them were grade A and 4 of them were grade B.ConclusionsThe overall quality of evidence-based guidelines for stress urinary incontinence is high, and scores in different fields are vary large. Fields of " stakeholder involvement”, " rigor of development” and " applicability” with lower scores still requires strengthening. The current guidelines for female stress urinary incontinence in China still fails to meet the standards of evidence-based guidelines, so the quality of the guidelines should be improved to improve guide clinical practice.
Objective To improve care and outcomes for all migraine suffers, the USHC created these evidence-based guidelines for migraine headache. Methods Firstly, 5 relative Technical reviews were done according to the Methods used in the AHCPR Technical Reviews. Secondly, based on the results of the 5 technical reviews, the 4 treatment guidelines were developed in direction of the USHC’S Methods used in developing clinical guidelines. Results Evidence supporting the acute treatment and preventive treatment were exclusively Class 1 studies, evidence supporting the diagnostic testing were either Class 2 or Class 3 studies , only very few expert judgment was given on some compelling issues without evidence. The recommendations they supporting were high-qualified, middle-qualified, and poor-qualified respectively. Conclusion This Evidence-Based Guidelines is one of the first and most extensive cooperative projects available for creating guidelines. The guideline was developed with systematical and scientific methods and stroven to base all of its recommendations on evidence.
Objective To investigate and analyze the status of clinical guidelines of children in China, so as to regulate the development of children’s evidence-based clinical guidelines and provide recommendations for children’s clinical guidelines. Methods Names of guidelines, year and institution of publication, methodology of development and reference number were descriptively analyzed. Years of publication and diseases of guidelines were analyzed with statistical graphs. AGREE instrument was used to evaluate the evidence-based guidelines of children. Results a) Of 91 clinical guidelines of children, 62 were translations. Of 29 guidelines ourselves, nine were traditional Chinese medicine guidelines and five (17%) were evidence-based guidelines; b) Guideline on Rational Use of Antibiotics in Acute Respiratory Infections (Probation), the first guideline of children, was published in 1999. Guidelines of children was not published until 2005. Then, the number of guidelines was increasing each year and reached a peak in 2008. Of 13 guidelines in 2008, seven were traditional Chinese medicine guidelines. Guidelines on respiratory diseases were 14 ranked as the top; c) Guidelines on congenital deformity and chromosomal abnormalities, tumor, circulatory system disease, blood disease and western guideline on communicable disease were not formulated in China; and d) Average scores on six domain of five evidence-based guidelines were 84.4%, 37.5%, 74.3%, 90.0%, 22.2%, 46.6%, respectively. Guide on Diagnosis and Treatment of Children Aged 0 to 5 with Acute Fever of Unknown Etiology was bly recommended, Guide on Management of Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Evidence-Based Guide on Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Common Kidney Disease, Guide on Nutrition Support of Newborn, Guide on Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Chronic Cough were recommended. Conclusion Clinical guidelines of children in China begin late, develop slowly and are lack of update. A standard on development of guidelines is needed. The government should increase the fund of development, implementation and promotion of guidelines. Recommendations for high-quality guidelines should be included in procedure of medical quality assurance. Compliance of guidelines should be provided by organization which formulatesd the guideline, so as to promote the application of high-quality guidelines.
ObjectiveTo systematically assess the quality of evidence-based clinical guidelines and to compare the differences and similarities between recommendations, so as to provide references for clinical application.
MethodsDatabases such as the TRIP, PubMed, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, CBM, National Guideline Clearinghouse and Guidelines International Network were searched to collect evidence-based guidelines on medication therapy for children with rheumatic fever. Methodological quality of included guidelines was assessed according to the AGREE Ⅱ instrument, and differences and similarities among recommendations were compared.
ResultsOnly one evidence-based clinical guideline from Australia was included. Among 6 domains which were rated using the AGREE Ⅱ instrument, "scope and purpose", "stakeholder involvement", "rigor of development", "clarity and presentation" and "applicability" were scored more than 50%; while "editorial independence" was scored less than 50%.
ConclusionThe included guideline is of relatively high quality; however, its application among Chinese population still has limitations. Thus, the development of national guidelines is urgently needed.
