Prusova, K;
Churcher, L;
Tyler, A;
Lokugamage, AU;
(2014)
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidelines: How evidence-based are they?
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
, 34
(8)
pp. 706-711.
10.3109/01443615.2014.920794.
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Abstract
Evidence-based medicine aims to translate scientific research into good medical practice. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists publishes recommendations and guidelines to guide clinicians in decision-making. In this study, the evidence base underlying the ‘Green-top Guidelines’ has been analysed in order to establish the quality of research underlying recommendations. During this descriptive study of 1,682 individual recommendations, the authors found that only 9–12% of the guidelines were based on the best quality (Grade A) evidence. The authors believe that this type of analysis serves to provide greater clarity for clinicians and patients using guidelines and recommendations in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology to make collaborative clinical decisions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidelines: How evidence-based are they? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3109/01443615.2014.920794 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01443615.2014.920794 |
| Additional information: | Th is is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 License which permits users to download and share the article for non-commercial purposes, so long as the article is reproduced in the whole without changes, and provided the original source is credited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471405 |
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