NSU-MD Faculty Articles
Clinical practice guidelines on prostate cancer: a critical appraisal.
Publication Title
The Journal of urology
Publisher
Elsevier Inc.
ISSN
0022-5347
Publication Date
4-1-2015
Keywords
Humans, Male, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Prostatic Neoplasms
Abstract
PURPOSE: Clinical practice guidelines are increasingly being used by leading organizations to promote high quality evidence-based patient care. However, the methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines developed by different organizations varies considerably. We assessed published clinical practice guidelines on the treatment of localized prostate cancer to evaluate the rigor, applicability and transparency of their recommendations.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched for English based clinical practice guidelines on treatment of localized prostate cancer from leading organizations in the 15-year period from 1999 to 2014. Clinical practice guidelines limited to early detection, screening, staging and/or diagnosis of prostate cancer were excluded from analysis. Four independent reviewers used the validated AGREE II instrument to assess the quality of clinical practice guidelines in 6 domains, including 1) scope and purpose, 2) stakeholder involvement, 3) rigor of development, 4) clarity of presentation, 5) applicability and 6) editorial independence.
RESULTS: A total of 13 clinical practice guidelines met inclusion criteria. Overall the highest median scores were in the AGREE II domains of clarity of presentation, editorial independence, and scope and purpose. The lowest median score was for applicability (28.1%). Although the median score of editorial independence was high (85.4%), variability was also substantial (IQR 12.5-100). NICE and AUA clinical practice guidelines consistently scored well in most domains.
CONCLUSIONS: Clinical practice guidelines from different organizations on treatment of localized prostate cancer are of variable quality and fall short of current standards in certain areas, especially in applicability and stakeholder involvement. Improvements in these key domains can enhance the impact and implementation of clinical practice guidelines.
DOI
10.1016/j.juro.2014.10.105
Volume
193
Issue
4
First Page
1153
Last Page
1158
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
NSUWorks Citation
Gupta, Mohit; McCauley, John; Farkas, Amy; Gudeloglu, Ahmet; Neuberger, Molly M; Ho, Yen-Yi; Yeung, Lawrence; Vieweg, Johannes; and Dahm, Philipp, "Clinical practice guidelines on prostate cancer: a critical appraisal." (2015). NSU-MD Faculty Articles. 68.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_md_facarticles/68
