A systematic review was performed to compare the quantity and quality of published clinical practice guidelines for hypertension in low- and middle-income versus high-income countries.
Systematic Review
This systematic review aims to identify gaps and propose solutions to enhance the quality, contextualization, and impact of hypertension guidelines in low- and middle-income countries.
We performed a systematic review to compare the quantity and quality of published clinical practice guidelines for hypertension in individual LMIC to HIC over the past decade in terms of their number, quality of evidence, socioeconomic and ethical-legal contextualization, ability to be implemented and dissemination to actively engage and empower all relevant stakeholders. Overall, we aimed to identify the gaps and to propose suitable solutions to enhance the quality and impact of hypertension guidelines in LMIC.
Owolabi et al. (Tue,) conducted a systematic review in Hypertension. Clinical practice guidelines for hypertension in LMIC vs. Clinical practice guidelines for hypertension in HIC was evaluated on Quantity and quality of published clinical practice guidelines (number, quality of evidence, contextualization, implementability, and dissemination). A systematic review was performed to compare the quantity and quality of published clinical practice guidelines for hypertension in low- and middle-income versus high-income countries.