Abstract
Introduction
In recent years, assisted reproductive technology (ART) has developed rapidly, leading
to an increasing number of clinical practice guidelines in this field. However, the
reporting quality of current clinical practice guidelines in ART is still unknown.
Objective To evaluate the reporting quality of clinical practice guidelines in the
field of ART using the RIGHT checklist.
Method
Relevant guidelines were identified by electronic search of PubMed, Chinese Biomedical
Literature Database (CBM), Wan Fang Database and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure
(CNKI) from the beginning of the database to October, 2017. We also searched the websites
of the guideline development organizations, including Guidelines International Network
(GIN), National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) and the National Institute for Health
and Care Excellence (NICE), as well as from two medical associations, including the
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and the American Society
for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). We used Google Scholar to find additional clinical
practice guidelines (CPGs) as well. Two investigators searched the database, selected
guidelines independently based on the inclusion criteria, and extracted the relevant
information.
Result
Fifteen guidelines (i.e. six developed by individual institutions and 9 by associations)
were included. On average, 12.7 out of 35 items in the RIGHT standard (36.3%) were
reported in each guideline. Five items were not reported by any of these guidelines.
The reporting proportion of the seven domains (i.e. Basic information; Background; Evidence; Recommendations; Review and quality assurance;
Funding and declaration and management of interests; Other information) were 46.7%, 40.8%, 45.3%, 29.5%, 53.3%, 10.0%, 26.7%, respectively.
Conclusion
At present, the reporting quality of guidelines for ART is poor, especially regarding
the funding. In the future guideline development, more consideration should be given
to reporting, dissemination and implementation.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 07, 2019
Accepted:
July 24,
2019
Received:
March 14,
2019
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