Plasmodium vivax malaria across South America: management guidelines and their quality assessment

INTRODUCTIONPlasmodium vivax malaria represents a major public health problem. This study presents the quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for the management of P. vivax malaria. METHODSA systematic review was conducted in PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. Additionally, five guideli...

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Published in:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Vol. 53; p. e20200179
Main Authors:	Rodríguez, José Alejandro Iza, Rodríguez, Shirley Natali Iza, Olivera, Mario Javier
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 01-01-2020 Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:	AGREE Antimalarials Clinical practice guidelines Plasmodium vivax Short Communication TROPICAL MEDICINE Antimalarials Plasmodium vivax Clinical practice guidelines AGREE
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Summary:	INTRODUCTIONPlasmodium vivax malaria represents a major public health problem. This study presents the quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for the management of P. vivax malaria. METHODSA systematic review was conducted in PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. Additionally, five guidelines were assessed with the AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation) II protocol. RESULTSThe general performance on the domains of stakeholder involvement, development rigor, and editorial independence was low. CONCLUSIONSMost guidelines lack a solid research methodology, which implies ambiguous accuracy. Much needs to be done in the area of therapeutics and quality of policies.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest. Authors’ Contribution: JAI: Design of the study, elaboration of the search strategy, selections of assessment guidelines, development of the first draft of the manuscript, and extensive review of the paper. SNI: Design of the study, validation of the search strategy, appraisal of the guidelines based on the AGREE II manual, development of the first draft of the manuscript, and extensive review of the paper. MJO: Conception and design of the study, appraisal of the guidelines based on the AGREE II manual, and approval of the final manuscript.
ISSN:	0037-8682 1678-9849 1678-9849
DOI:	10.1590/0037-8682-0179-2020