Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review

Cochrane Reviews summarise best evidence and should inform guidelines. We assessed the use of Cochrane Reviews in the UK guidelines for paediatric respiratory disease. We found 21 guidelines which made 1025 recommendations, of which 96 could be informed by a Cochrane Review. In 38/96 recommendations...

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Main Authors: Prayle, A.P., Cox, Tessy, Smith, Sherie, Rycroft-Malone, Joanne, Thomas, Kim S., Hughes, Dyfrig A., Smyth, Alan R.
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44147/
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author Prayle, A.P.
Cox, Tessy
Smith, Sherie
Rycroft-Malone, Joanne
Thomas, Kim S.
Hughes, Dyfrig A.
Smyth, Alan R.
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Cox, Tessy
Smith, Sherie
Rycroft-Malone, Joanne
Thomas, Kim S.
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description Cochrane Reviews summarise best evidence and should inform guidelines. We assessed the use of Cochrane Reviews in the UK guidelines for paediatric respiratory disease. We found 21 guidelines which made 1025 recommendations, of which 96 could be informed by a Cochrane Review. In 38/96 recommendations (40%), some or all of the relevant Cochrane Reviews were not cited. We linked recommendations to 140 Cochrane Reviews. In 37/140 (26%) cases, the guideline recommendation did not fully agree with the Cochrane Review. Guideline developers may fail to use Cochrane Reviews or may make recommendations which are not in line with best evidence.
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spelling nottingham-441472020-05-04T18:43:01Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44147/ Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review Prayle, A.P. Cox, Tessy Smith, Sherie Rycroft-Malone, Joanne Thomas, Kim S. Hughes, Dyfrig A. Smyth, Alan R. Cochrane Reviews summarise best evidence and should inform guidelines. We assessed the use of Cochrane Reviews in the UK guidelines for paediatric respiratory disease. We found 21 guidelines which made 1025 recommendations, of which 96 could be informed by a Cochrane Review. In 38/96 recommendations (40%), some or all of the relevant Cochrane Reviews were not cited. We linked recommendations to 140 Cochrane Reviews. In 37/140 (26%) cases, the guideline recommendation did not fully agree with the Cochrane Review. Guideline developers may fail to use Cochrane Reviews or may make recommendations which are not in line with best evidence. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-04-26 Article PeerReviewed Prayle, A.P., Cox, Tessy, Smith, Sherie, Rycroft-Malone, Joanne, Thomas, Kim S., Hughes, Dyfrig A. and Smyth, Alan R. (2017) Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review. Thorax . ISSN 1468-3296 http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2017/04/26/thoraxjnl-2016-208790.abstract doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208790 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208790
spellingShingle Prayle, A.P.
Cox, Tessy
Smith, Sherie
Rycroft-Malone, Joanne
Thomas, Kim S.
Hughes, Dyfrig A.
Smyth, Alan R.
Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review
title Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review
title_full Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review
title_fullStr Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review
title_short Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review
title_sort do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use cochrane reviews effectively?: a systematic review
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