• State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China;
LAIKe-fang, Email: klai@163.com
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Objectives To assess the quality of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for diagnosis and management of cough in China, and to provide methodological experiences for updating and developing the evidence-based guideline in this field in future. Methods We searched CBM, WanFang Data, VIP and CNKI databases, and Chinese clinical guidelines' website to identify and select CPGs related to cough in China. Four reviewers independently evaluated the quality of eligible guidelines using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) Ⅱ instrument. Results Six guidelines were included. The mean scores for six AGREE Ⅱ domains were low:scope and purpose 61.1%, stakeholder involvement 26.6%, rigor of development 16.7%, clarity and presentation 58.3%, applicability 11.1%, and editorial independence 0.0%. Conclusion The quality of guidelines for cough in China is low. More efforts are urgently needed to develop high quality Chinese guidelines using methodologically rigorous development frameworks and strengthen guideline reporting.

Citation: JIANGMei, LIAOLi-yue, LUOWei, XIEYan-qing, LAIKe-fang. Quality Assessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough in China. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2015, 15(4): 409-413. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20150069 Copy

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