Abstract
Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines (CPG), evaluation reports
of health technologies (ETS) and systematic reviews (SR) published
after the technical report of AQUAs (2011) on the diagnosis
and treatment of CFS. Comprehensive literature search (up to
May 2016) in CPG repositories and STD reports, and in the databases of
bibliographic data Medline, EMBASE and Cochrane Library. I also know
They consulted secondary sources such as UpToDate and Clinical Evidence. Evaluation
of the methodological quality of the documents selected through
the methodological section of the Instrument instrument Appraisal of
Guidelines Research and Evaluation - AGREE II and the Assessment scale
of Multiple SysTemAtic Reviews - AMSTAR.
Studies have been identified that report the prevalence of CFS in the United States
United and some countries in Europe, but none in Spain.
The evidence identified as of May 2016 is of methodological quality
variable. The volume of evidence is limited for CFS.
In CFS an evaluation report has been identified (Smith 2014) with
2014 search date, in addition to the AQuAS 2011 report.
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new diagnostic criteria or proposals for complementary tests
for the determination of SFC. 8 systematic reviews have been included
of the literature evaluating CFS treatments, 1 of them is a
overview that evaluates pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, and
The remaining 7 evaluate exclusively non-pharmacological treatments.
Keywords
Chronic fatigue syndrome; Systematic reviews; Practice guidelines
Bibliographic citation
Nishishinya-Aquino B, Requeijo-Lorenzo C, Roqué-Fíguls M, Salas-Gama K, Urrútia-Cuchí G. Evaluación y abordaje de síndrome de fatiga crónica: actualización de las evidencias científicas. Barcelona: Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya; 2016. (Informes, estudios e investigación).
Audience
Professionals
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