Shah Purvi, Moles David R, Parekh Susan, Ashley Paul, Siddik Dania
Eastman Dental Hospital, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
Pediatr Dent. 2011 Mar-Apr;33(2):120-9.
Guidelines are used to inform clinical practice and improve the quality of health care. Poorly developed guidelines may emphasize the incorrect intervention. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the quality of pediatric dentistry guidelines using the AGREE instrument.
A search was carried out to identify pediatric dentistry guidelines up to November 2007. Three independent assessors evaluated the guidelines using the AGREE tool.
Fifty-seven guidelines produced by 11 organisations were evaluated. Most guidelines assessed were of poor quality, as determined by the AGREE instrument.
Consideration should be given to using the AGREE instrument in the development of new guidelines and review of existing guidelines.
指南用于指导临床实践并提高医疗保健质量。制定不完善的指南可能会强调错误的干预措施。本文的目的是使用AGREE工具评估儿童牙科指南的质量。
进行检索以识别截至2007年11月的儿童牙科指南。三名独立评估人员使用AGREE工具对这些指南进行评估。
对11个组织制定的57项指南进行了评估。根据AGREE工具的评估,大多数被评估的指南质量较差。
在制定新指南和审查现有指南时应考虑使用AGREE工具。