• 1. The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P.R.China;
  • 2. The First People's Hospital of Jiayuguan City, Jiayuguan 735100, P.R.China;
  • 3. Respiratory Division of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Respiratory Research Institute, Shanghai 200032, P.R.China;
  • 4. Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, P.R.China;
  • 5. Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, P.R.China;
  • 6. Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, P.R.China;
  • 7. National Children's Medical Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, Beijing 100045, P.R.China;
LIU Yali, Email: lyl_201006@126.com
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Objective To analyze the current situation of adaptation guidelines. Methods CBM, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, PubMed, EMbase, GIN, SIGN, NICE and AHRQ databases were electronically searched to collect studies related to adaptation guidelines from inception to August 31th, 2020. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Descriptive analysis was then conducted on the general situation of the adaptation guidelines. Results A total of 83 studies were included, involving 63 full-text studies, 16 methodological studies and 4 secondary studies. The quantity of published articles of the adapted guidelines had an overall upward trend, and 48.39% of the adapted guidelines were published in UK-hosted journals. 51.81% of the adapted guidelines reported receiving funding or project funding during the development process, and 67.46% reported information of conflict of interests. Among the 33 adaptation guidelines published in the past five years, 33.34% reported their methodology used ADAPTE, 6.1% reported their methodology used GRADE-Adolopment, and 60.56% did not report the adaptation method. Conclusions At present, the international research on the adapted guideline is extensive, however, it is still in its infancy in China. The adaptation guideline is also required to be based on a theoretical framework, standardize the development of methodology, and ensure the quality of the adaptation guideline.

Citation: NIU Zhen, LIU Zhen, CHE Gang, TAO Juan, CHEN Tao, MA Yuan, QIN Jiaxin, ZHANG Yuan, TONG Jinghan, TAI Jun, LIU Yali. Current situation and research prospects of adaptation guidelines. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2021, 21(11): 1339-1343. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202107134 Copy

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