Preface: Policy issues related to clinical practice guidelines

Evaluation of the Quality of Cancer-Related Fatigue Clinical Practice Guidelines

Background: Improvement of the quality ofcancer-related fatigue clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) is an important issue in oncology. Aim: This study aimed to determine the methodological quality of CPGs about cancer-related fatigue management using the AGREE II instrument. Method: This study involved a systematic search, followed by a descriptive study, to evaluate the methodological quality ...

Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines Related to Multiple Sclerosis

BACKGROUND High quality clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) can provide clinicians with explicit recommendations on how to manage health conditions and bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. Unfortunately, the quality of CPGs for multiple sclerosis (MS) has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the methodological quality of CPGs on MS using the AGREE II instrument. METHO...

Quality assessment of care provided to patients with type 2 diabetes based on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Introduction: Diabetes is one of the usual medical problems that had an important negative effect on patient’s health. Researches demonstrate that there is a wide gap between recommended medical actions and received care by patients with diabetes. The aim of study was to assess the quality of care provided to patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional stu...

Practice guidelines and cholesterol policy.

Clinical Practice Guidelines EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Wilson’s disease

This Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) has been developed to assist physicians and other healthcare providers in the diagnosis and management of patients with Wilson’s disease. The goal is to describe a number of generally accepted approaches for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of Wilson’s disease. Recommendations are based on a systematic literature review in the Medline (PubMed version),...