• Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Studies, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P.R.China;
LIANG Yuanbo, Email: yuanboliang@126.com
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Objectives  To evaluate the quality of ophthalmic clinical practice guidelines in China by using the AGREE Ⅱ instrument. Methods  CBM, CNKI, VIP, and WanFang Data databases were electronically searched to collect Chinese guidelines for ophthalmology from inception to December 2017. Three reviewers independently evaluated the included guidelines using the AGREE Ⅱ instrument. Results  A total of 60 Chinese clinical guidelines for ophthalmology were included. The average scores of the six domains including scope and purpose, stakeholder involvement, rigorism of development, clarity of presentation, applicability and editorial independence were 66.4%, 24.6%, 13.5%, 67.4%, 14.5%, and 19.3%, respectively. The guidelines published from 2013 to 2017 scored higher than those published previously in all areas except for domain 4 clarity of presentation. Conclusions  The quality of current ophthalmic clinical practice guidelines in China is low, and there is still a big gap between them and the international guidelines. Guidelines developers should place more emphasis on developing regulations to improve stakeholder involvement, rigorism of development, applicability and editorial independence.

Citation: ZHOU Weihe, ZHENG Yuanjin, LOU Cha, ZHENG Jingwei, YE Cong, LIANG Yuanbo. Quality assessment of Chinese clinical practice guidelines for ophthalmology. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(1): 73-83. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201805157 Copy

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