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ArticleBMJ open2021

Quality assessment and comparative analysis on the recommendations of current guidelines on the management of peripheral arterial disease: a systematic review protocol.

Oliseneku Damien Uyagu, Cosmas Ofoegbu, Joseph Ikhidero, Emeka Chukwuka, Okezie Enwere, Omokharo Ogierakhi, Alex Adelosoye

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Oliseneku Damien UyaguThulutha Beni Essa Primary Health Care Center, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Al Qunfudhah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia ouyagu@moh.gov.sa.ORCID 0000-0001-9508-9869
Cosmas OfoegbuPrimary Health Care Center, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Al Lith, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Joseph IkhideroDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Unit, General Hospital, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Taleeth, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Emeka ChukwukaDepartment of Clinical Pathology/Hematology, Maternity and Children's Hospital, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Al Hasa, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Okezie EnwereDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tathleeth General Hospital, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Tathleeth, Asir, Saudi Arabia.
Omokharo OgierakhiPrimary Health Center, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Tarbajah, Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia.
Alex AdelosoyeSaudi Board for Family Medicine Program, Al Mukhatat Primary Health Care Center, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Sakaka, Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia.
Ministry of Health · SASaudi Center for Disease Prevention and Control · SAMaternity and Children's Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPeripheral arterial disease (PAD) is the third leading atherosclerotic arterial disease. There is evidence that there is a high variation in the quality and recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for PAD, leading to the possibility of confusion among clinicians and patients. This study aims to conduct a quality assessment and comparative analysis of the clinical practice guidelines on PAD written between 2010 and 2020. METHOD AND ANALYSIS: We aim to perform a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines written between 2010 and 2020. A search for guidelines will be conducted through medical databases Scope, Pubmed, TRIP, Guideline Clearinghouses and specialist international organisations' specific websites. Guidelines that meet the inclusion criteria will be extracted from the search result. The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE-II instrument) will assess the quality of the selected guidelines. The recommendations, level of evidence and other relevant information will be extracted in a datasheet for qualitative analysis. The score for each guideline's quality will be represented using charts and central tendency measures for comparison. The summary of recommendations will also be represented in tables for easy comparison for similarities and variations across sections. Finally, the level of evidence on which the recommendations are based will also be noted along with other significant characteristics such as the authors' financial relationship to the biomedical community. We aim to point out deficiencies present in current guidelines and elucidate areas where recommendations are made with low-level evidence. The results will enable the scientific community to design future research to fill in PAD management knowledge gaps. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: No ethical approval was sought. Dissemination will be via journal articles and conference presentations. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020219176.

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Peripheral Arterial DiseaseDatabases, FactualHumansSurveys and QuestionnairesSystematic Reviews as Topicadult cardiologypharmacologyprotocols & guidelinesvascular medicinevascular surgery

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PMID34497080
PMCPMC8438866
OpenAlexW3196523723

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