The relation between methods and recommendations in clinical practice guidelines for XXXX and @entity407 .

@entity407 @entity1 @entity101 @entity146 @entity165
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between methods used to develop clinical practice guidelines and the recommendations that are made. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for @entity101 or @entity407 . OUTCOMES MEASURED: Two @entity1 independently appraised guideline methods by using 8 criteria and the @entity146 of recommendations for treatment thresholds, initial drug selection, and screening. RESULTS: We identified 33 guidelines. Only 6 fulfilled 5 or more of the 8 criteria. For 5 of the criteria, fewer than 50% of the guidelines fulfilled those criteria. There was wide variation in recommendations for treatment thresholds, drug selection, and @entity165 screening. Guidelines that did not fulfill the criteria tended to suggest more @entity146 recommendations than did guidelines that met the criteria. For 6 of the 8 criteria, guidelines published by specialty societies were less likely to fulfill them compared with guidelines not published by specialty societies. CONCLUSIONS: Guideline developers who did not use rigorous methods tended to promote intervening more aggressively for @entity101 and @entity407 .
