[Translated article] Quality Assessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Treatment of Psoriasis Using the AGREE II Tool

Systematic review and critical appraisal of psoriasis clinical practice guidelines: a Global Guidelines in Dermatology Mapping Project ( GUIDEMAP )*

“…Our findings were also similar to those of another recent review assessing psoriasis guidelines by Montesinos‐Guevara et al . using AGREE II, though editorial independence was one domain that varied more from our assessments 66 . Regardless of differences for specific domains, both our current review and past critical appraisals found that most psoriasis CPGs were unable to be assessed as ‘excellent quality’ across all six domains.…”

“…Prior critical appraisal of psoriasis CPGs has been mainly conducted using the AGREE II instrument. [64][65][66] One earlier review by Nast et al assessed quality of evidence-based psoriasis guidelines published between 2001 and 2007. 64 Similarly to this appraisal, all three included guidelines reviewed by Nast et al also demonstrated weakness in the domain of applicability.…”

“…Prior critical appraisal of psoriasis CPGs has been mainly conducted using the AGREE II instrument 64–66 . One earlier review by Nast et al .…”