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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.

Authors

ANDREW PRAYLE andrew.prayle@nottingham.ac.uk
Clinical Associate Professor

Tessy Cox

SHERIE SMITH sherie.smith@nottingham.ac.uk
Cochrane Systematic Reviewer

Joanne Rycroft-Malone

Dyfrig A. Hughes

Alan R. Smyth



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 Mar 29, 2024
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

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