Title
Systematic evaluation of the quality of clinical practice guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive techniques
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Informa Healthcare
Abstract
Objective: To conduct a systematic evaluation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) on the use of assisted reproductive technologies. Methods: We searched Medline, the Turning Research into Practice database, and guidelines-specific databases from December 2006 to November 2011. Three reviewers independently assessed each Guideline using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument. A standardized score was calculated separately for each of the six domains. Results: Fourteen Guidelines were included. Overall, the quality of these was suboptimal. The scores for each AGREE II domain ranged between 37% and 80%. Three (22%) were deemed "Recommended"; nine (64%),"Recommended with modifications"; and two (14%), "Not recommended". Agreement among reviewers was very good (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient: 0.915 [95% CI 0.807-0.970]). Conclusions: The overall quality of the CPGs on Assisted Reproduction Techniques published during the last 5 years is suboptimal. Most Guidelines present significant shortcomings in important domains such as "stakeholder involvement", "rigor of development", and "applicability". Instruments such as the AGREE II and "the Grading of Recommendation Assessment Development and Evaluation" system could prove useful to improve CPGs in this field. Guideline users could benefit from the present results when choosing which guidelines to implement. © 2014 The British Fertility Society.
Start page
28
End page
36
Volume
17
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84895472409
PubMed ID
Source
Human Fertility
ISSN of the container
14647273
Source funding
Ford Foundation
Sponsor(s)
P.AC. is funded by a Miguel Servet contract by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CP09/00137).
R.GV. is a PhD candidate at the Paediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynaecology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, Universitat Aut ò noma de Barcelona, Spain. She obtained a fellowship from the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program.
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