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A Systematic Critical Appraisal of Non-Pharmacological Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 5, p e95369 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
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Abstract
- Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been developed to summarize evidence about the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and facilitate the uptake of evidence-based knowledge by consumers, health professionals, health administrators and policy makers. The objectives of this review was to assess the quality of CPGS on non-pharmacological management of RA with a standardized and validated instrument--the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE II) tool and summarize the key recommendations from these CPGs. Scientific literature databases from 2001 to 2013 were systematically searched and a total of 13 CPGs for RA was identified. Only a minority of AGREE II domains were effectively addressed by the CPGS. Scope and purpose was effectively addressed in 10 out of 13 CPGs, stakeholder involvement in 11 CPGs, rigor of development in 6 CPGs, clarity/presentation in 9 CPGs, editorial independence in 1 CPGs, and applicability in none of the CPGs. The overall quality of the included CPGs according to the 7-point AGREE II scoring system was 4.8 ± 1.04. Patient education/self-management, aerobic, dynamic and stretching exercises were the commonly recommended for the non-pharmacological management of RA by the high-quality CPGs. The general clinical management recommendations tended to be similar among high-quality CPGs. Non-pharmacological management interventions were superficially addressed in more than half of the selected CPGs. CPGs creators should use the AGREE II criteria when developing guidelines. Innovative and effective methods of CPGs implementation to users are needed to ultimately enhance the quality of life of arthritic individuals. In addition, it was difficult to establish between strongly recommended, recommended and weakly recommended, as there is no consensus between the strength of the recommendations between the appraised CPGs.
- Subjects :
- Health Care Providers
Psychological intervention
Scientific literature
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Database and Informatics Methods
Clinical Protocols
Quality of life
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine
Public and Occupational Health
Disease management (health)
Physiotherapy
Allied Health Care Professionals
Evidence-Based Medicine
Multidisciplinary
Disease Management
Research Assessment
3. Good health
Systematic review
Health Education and Awareness
Research Design
embryonic structures
Research Article
medicine.medical_specialty
animal structures
Systematic Reviews
Clinical Research Design
Science
MEDLINE
Health Informatics
Academic Medicine
Research and Analysis Methods
Nursing
Humans
Health Care Quality
Health Care Policy
business.industry
Communication in Health Care
Health Care
Critical appraisal
Geriatrics
Quality of Life
Physical therapy
business
Medical Humanities
human activities
Patient education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....151d8b345769752a983e6ed83818a81f