Consistency of recommendations and methodological quality of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic, a large number of guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 have been developed, but the quality of those guidelines and the consistency of recommendations are unclear. The objective of this study is to evaluate the quality of the diagnosis and treatment guidelines on COVID-19 and analyze the consistency of the recommendations of these guidelines.

Methods

We searched for guidelines on diagnosis and/or treatment of COVID-19 through PubMed, CBM, CNKI, and WanFang Data, from January 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020. In addition, we also searched official websites of the US CDC, European CDC and WHO, and some guideline collection databases. We included diagnosis and/or treatment guidelines for COVID-19, including rapid ad

SUBMITTER: Luo X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8013412 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature