ArticleThe journal of evidence-based dental practice2021
QUALITY APPRAISAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES ON PROVISION OF DENTAL SERVICES DURING THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evidence-informed guidelines in oral health: insights from a systematic survey.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Quality analysis of the clinical practice guidelines for management of impacted maxillary central incisors: a systematic review.Evidence-based dentistry · 2024Pooled it
- Emergency and sequalae management of traumatic dental injuries: a systematic survey of clinical practice guidelines.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
- Recommendations for Safe Dental Care: A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Barriers to and Facilitators for the Use of Research Evidence in Oral Health Policies and Guidelines: An International Qualitative Study.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Article
- Treatments for non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023Article
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- How oral health care organizations formulate actionable statements to inform practice and policy: A protocol for a systematic survey.F1000Research · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the quality of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) on dental services provision during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe systematically searched in MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS, Epistemonikos, Trip databases, websites of CPG developers, compilers of CPGs, scientific societies and ministries of health to identify documents with recommendations intended to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission during dental care. Reviewers independently and in duplicate assessed the included CPGs using the AGREE II instrument. We calculated the standardized scores for the 6 domains and made a final recommendation about each CPG. The inter-appraiser agreement was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).
resultsTwenty-three CPGs published were included. Most of the CPGs were from America (n = 15) and Europe (n = 6). The overall agreement between reviewers was very good (ICC = 0.93; 95%CI 0.87-0.95). The median score for each domain was the following: Scope and purpose 67% (IQR 20%); Stakeholder involvement 33% (IQR 14%); Rigour of development 13% (IQR 13%); Clarity of presentation 64% (IQR 31%); Applicability 19% (IQR 17%) and Editorial independence 8% (IQR 8%). Twenty two guidelines were not recommended by the reviewers. Only one of the CPGs was recommended with modifications. The median overall rate was 3 (IQR 1). All CPGs were classified as low quality.
conclusionsThe overall quality of CPGs on dental services provision during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic was low, which makes its implementation difficult for clinicians and policy makers. Therefore, it is critical that developers are transparent and forthcoming about the difficulties that have arisen during the CPG development process.
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