Campbell, F. orcid.org/0000-0002-4141-8863, Dickinson, H.O., Cook, J.V.F. et al. (3 more authors) (2006) Methods underpinning national clinical guidelines for hypertension: describing the evidence shortfall. BMC Health Services Research, 6. 47. ISSN 1472-6963
Abstract
Background To be useful, clinical practice guidelines need to be evidence based; otherwise they will not achieve the validity, reliability and credibility required for implementation.
Methods This paper compares the methods used in gathering, analysing and linking of evidence to guideline recommendations in ten current hypertension guidelines.
Results It found several guidelines had failed to implement methods of searching for the relevant literature, critical analysis and linking to recommendations that minimise the risk of bias in the interpretation of research evidence. The more rigorous guidelines showed discrepancies in recommendations and grading that reflected different approaches to the use of evidence in guideline development.
Conclusion Clinical practice guidelines as a methodology are clearly still an evolving health care technology.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Campbell et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2006. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Clinical Practice Guideline; Research Evidence; Salt Intake; Guideline Development; Target Organ Damage |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2018 14:28 |
Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2018 09:09 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-47 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/1472-6963-6-47 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134012 |