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.

Abstract

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.

Citation

Prayle, A., Cox, T., Smith, S., Rycroft-Malone, J., Thomas, K. S., Hughes, D. A., & Smyth, A. R. (in press). Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review. Thorax, https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208790

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 5, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Apr 26, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 14, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 14, 2017
• Journal: Thorax
• Print ISSN: 0040-6376
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-3296
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208790
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/857397
• Publisher URL: http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2017/04/26/thoraxjnl-2016-208790.abstract
• Contract Date: Jul 14, 2017