Neurological Disorders

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Publications

• Research   
  Critical Appraisal of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines for Spine Disorders using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II Instrument (AGREE II)
  Author(s): Ning Liang*, Sizhan Wu, Simon Roberts, Navnit Makaram, James Reeves Mbori Ngwayi and Daniel Porter
  
  Introduction: Disorders of the spine (as defined by the musculoskeletal structures surrounding the spinal neural elements) require evidence based, approach to their care. This evaluation used the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument to evaluate the methodological quality of evidence based guidelines on spine disorders published by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Materials and methods: We systematically searched clinical guidelines on spine disorders published by NICE until December 2019. Four appraisers across three international centers independently evaluated the quality of eligible clinical guidelines using AGREE II. Mean AGREE II scores for each domain were calculated. In higher quality domains scores for individual items were analysed. The guidelines were group.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6895.10.7.504

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