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GuidelineLa Tunisie medicale2025

Khadija Baccouche, Ines Mahmoud, Mohamed Manaa, Imen Gharsallah, Nedia Testouri, Kaouther Maatallah, Mohamed Younès, Saoussen Zrour, Wafa Hamdi, Saoussen Miladi and 5 more

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Guideline in La Tunisie medicale, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

The trial behind it

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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. La Tunisie medicale · 2025
    Guideline
  2. La Tunisie medicale · 2025
    Guideline
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Khadija BaccoucheDepartment of Rheumatology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse. University of Sousse, Ibn El Jazzar Faculty of Medicine, Sousse, Tunisia.
Ines MahmoudDepartment of Rheumatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Mohamed ManaaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the Internal Security Forces, La Marsa. University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis,Tunisia.
Imen GharsallahDepartment of Rheumatology, Tunis Military Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Nedia TestouriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Kaouther MaatallahDepartment of Rheumatology, Kassab Institute of Orthopaedics, Mannouba. Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.
Mohamed YounèsRheumatology Department, Tahar Sfar Hospital, Mahdia. Monastir Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, Tunisia.
Saoussen ZrourDepartment of Rheumatology, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia.
Wafa HamdiDepartment of Rheumatology, Kassab Institute of Orthopaedics, Mannouba. Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.
Saoussen MiladiDepartment of Rheumatology, Mongi Slim Hospital, La Marsa. Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.
Ahmed LaatarDepartment of Rheumatology, Mongi Slim Hospital, La Marsa. Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.
Alia FazaaDepartment of Rheumatology, Mongi Slim Hospital, La Marsa. Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.
Aicha BenTekayaDepartment of Rheumatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Raoudha TekayaDepartment of Rheumatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Mohamed Montacer KchirDepartment of Rheumatology, Kassab Institute of Orthopaedics, Mannouba. Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This framework was developed under the auspices of the Tunisian League Against Rheumatism (LITAR), coordinated by a project leader. The primary objective is to formulate recommendations for the management of spondyloarthritis, grounded in the development of questions structured according to the PICO model. This model defines four essential elements of a clinical question: P: Patient or Population or Problem, I: Intervention (the proposed action), C: Comparison (between diagnostic tests, treatments, etc.), and O: Outcome (clinical results, measured events, judgment criteria, etc.). A working group was established, coordinated by a project leader appointed by LITAR. This group included rheumatologists recognized as experts in the disease by the scientific community, as well as a methodological and epidemiological rheumatologist. The bibliographic search focused on international literature (meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, etc.) and other sources of information (HAS, clinical practice guidelines), as well as national literature (theses, dissertations, publications, conference presentations). In-person and virtual meetings of the working group enabled the formulation of the recommendations, following the presentation of literature data and extensive discussions among the experts. The draft of the recommendations was submitted to the same experts for validation and assessment of the level of agreement, which determined the strength of the recommendations. Subsequently, the recommendations were reviewed by a reading group appointed by the working group. The final version was adjusted based on feedback from both groups.

Indexed as

SpondylarthritisHumansRheumatologyTunisiaClinical recommendationsMethodologyPICOrheumatologyScientific evidenceSpondyloarthritis

Identifiers

PMID39812190
PMCPMC11906230

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Registered trials

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