Transparency and Methodological Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Palliative Care. Scoping Review.

Key Points

• This review evaluates the transparency and methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines in palliative care and end-of-life care.
• Conducted a scoping review of existing clinical practice guidelines in palliative care and end-of-life care.
• Assessed gaps in applicability, transparency, and methodology of the guidelines.
• Evaluated information on funding sources and conflict of interest management.
• Identified significant gaps in the applicability of clinical practice guidelines.
• Found deficiencies in methodology transparency across various guidelines.
• Highlighted the need for improvements to enhance the real-world relevance of guidelines.