Clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy for the management of chronic respiratory diseases: a critical appraisal

• Grant number: 15/13353-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: October 02, 2015
• End date: January 01, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Ercy Mara Cipulo Ramos
• Grantee: Juliana Souza Uzeloto
• Supervisor: Anne Marjorie Moseley
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: George Institute for Global Health, Australia
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/11970-3 - Influence of gender in nasal mucociliary clearance of smokers, BP.MS

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic respiratory diseases account for a large economic and social burden on individuals and society. Importantly, the burden of chronic respiratory diseases has increased worldwide. The volume of research on strategies to prevent and treat these conditions has grown substantially in recent years. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines have great value to assist health professionals in specific clinical circumstances, but despite these being systematically developed they are also often variable in quality. Hence, it is important to investigate the quality of these guidelines to alert guideline users to where aspects of quality may be lacking in existing guidelines and to alert guideline developers about where the quality could be improved in the future. Objective: To systematically assess the quality of guidelines on chronic respiratory diseases indexed in the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro; www.pedro.org.au), using the second version of the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation Instrument (AGREE II). Methods: Four raters will independently assess all guidelines on chronic respiratory diseases indexed on PEDro using the AGREE II instrument. Means (standard deviation) for each of the six domains will be calculated for the pool of clinical practice guidelines. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC2,1) using data from all four raters will be calculated to evaluate the inter-rater reproducibility of the AGREE. Implications: The results can be used to alert guideline users to where aspects of quality may be lacking in existing guidelines and to alert guideline developers about where the quality could be improved in the future. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

UZELOTO, JULIANA SOUZA; MOSELEY, ANNE M.; ELKINS, MARK R.; FRANCO, MARCIA RODRIGUES; PINTO, RAFAEL ZAMBELLI; COELHO FIGUEIRA FREIRE, ANA PAULA; CIPULO RAMOS, ERCY MARA. The quality of clinical practice guidelines for chronic respiratory diseases and the reliability of the AGREE II: an observational study. PHYSIOTHERAPY, v. 103, n. 4, p. 439-445, DEC 2017. (15/13353-4, 15/07704-9)

DE ALENCAR SILVA, BRUNA S.; LIRA, FABIO S.; ROSSI, FABRICIO E.; RAMOS, DIONEI; UZELOTO, JULIANA S.; FREIRE, ANA P. C. F.; DE LIMA, FABIANO F.; GOBBO, LUIS A.; RAMOS, ERCY M. C.. Inflammatory and Metabolic Responses to Different Resistance Training on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Control Trial. FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY, v. 9, MAR 23 2018. (15/13353-4, 17/10145-7)