Investigation and Evaluation of Chinese Clinical Practice Guidelines Published in Medical Journals in 2019:Reporting Status of Abstract

REN Mengjuan; YANG Nan; LIU Yunlan; SUN Yajia; SHI Qianling; ZHOU Qi; WANG Zijun; CHEN Yaolong

doi:10.12290/xhyxzz.2022-0190

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Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital > 2022 > 13(5): 880-887. > DOI: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2022-0190

REN Mengjuan, YANG Nan, LIU Yunlan, SUN Yajia, SHI Qianling, ZHOU Qi, WANG Zijun, CHEN Yaolong. Investigation and Evaluation of Chinese Clinical Practice Guidelines Published in Medical Journals in 2019:Reporting Status of Abstract[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2022, 13(5): 880-887. DOI: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2022-0190

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Investigation and Evaluation of Chinese Clinical Practice Guidelines Published in Medical Journals in 2019:Reporting Status of Abstract

REN Mengjuan¹,
YANG Nan²,
LIU Yunlan¹,
SUN Yajia¹,
SHI Qianling³,
ZHOU Qi²,
WANG Zijun²,
CHEN Yaolong^{1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ,}

1.
School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
2.
Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
3.
The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Research Unit of Evidence-based Evaluation and Guidelines, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Institute of Health Data Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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WHO Collaborating Center for Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Translation, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Lanzhou University, An Affiliate of the Cochrane China Network, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Lanzhou University GRADE Center, Lanzhou 730000, China

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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFC1705503

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities lzujbky-2021-ey13

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CHEN Yaolong, E-mail: chevidence@lzu.edu.cn
Received Date: April 07, 2022
Accepted Date: April 28, 2022
Available Online: April 28, 2022
Issue Publish Date: September 29, 2022

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Objective To investigate the reporting status of abstracts of Chinese clinical practice guidelines published in medical journals in 2019 and provide a reference for related researchers to write guideline abstracts and develop the reporting standard.
Methods We systematically searched four electronic databases and additional sources for Chinese clinical practice guidelines published in medical journals in 2019. Four researchers independently screened the identified literature and extracted data related to abstracts. We analyzed the current status of abstract report, evaluated the reporting quality of guideline abstracts using the preliminary RIGHT-Abstract reporting checklist (consisting of 7 domains and 19 items) and assessed the consistency between the abstract and the main text.
Results A total of 226 guidelines were finally included, 96(42.5%) of which included abstracts. Among the 96 guidelines, 79(82.3%, 79/96) were published in Chinese and 17(17.7%, 17/96) were published in English. Among the 79 guidelines in Chinese, 52(65.8%, 52/79) provided bilingual abstracts in both Chinese and English. Of the 96 guidelines with abstracts, only 6(6.3%) guidelines included structured abstracts, and 16(16.7%) guidelines reported the main contents of recommendations in the abstract. The reporting rates in each RIGHT-Abstract domain were as follows: 61.0%(background), 13.0%(methods), 7.3%(results), 1.0%(review), 0(discussion, registry and funding). In terms of the consistency in content between the abstract and the main text, the item with the best consistency was the "diseases and health problems"(91.7%), followed by the "purpose "(78.1%), "target populations "(70.8%), "users"(38.5%) and "developers "(38.5%). For the rest of items, the consistencies were less than 20.0%.
Conclusions The proportion of Chinese clinical practice guidelines published in medical journals in 2019 that included abstracts was relatively low, especially the structured abstracts, and the guideline abstracts provided limited information. It is necessary to develop and promote the formal reporting standard for the guideline abstracts in the future, so as to provide a guidance for related researchers.
- clinical practice guidelines,
- abstract,
- reporting quality

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