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Analysis and comparison of clinical practice guidelines regarding treatment recommendations for chronic tinnitus in adults: a systematic review

OBJECTIVES: To determine if, and to what extent, published clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of chronic tinnitus vary in their recommendations. DESIGN: Systematic review of guidelines. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE and GIN electronic databases were searched in March 2022 and the search w...

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Autores principales: Meijers, Sebastiaan, Stegeman, Inge, van der Leun, Josephine A, Assegaf, Saloua A, Smit, Adriana L
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10510943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37714675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072754
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author Meijers, Sebastiaan
Stegeman, Inge
van der Leun, Josephine A
Assegaf, Saloua A
Smit, Adriana L
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Stegeman, Inge
van der Leun, Josephine A
Assegaf, Saloua A
Smit, Adriana L
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description OBJECTIVES: To determine if, and to what extent, published clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of chronic tinnitus vary in their recommendations. DESIGN: Systematic review of guidelines. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE and GIN electronic databases were searched in March 2022 and the search was updated in June 2023. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: We included clinical practice guidelines that gave recommendations on the treatment of tinnitus. No language restrictions were applied. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Two independent reviewers extracted the data and used the AGREE checklist to report on reporting. RESULTS: A total of 10 guidelines were identified and included, published between 2011 and 2021. Recommendations for 13 types of tinnitus treatments were compared. Large differences in guideline development and methodology were found. Seven of the 10 guidelines included a systematic search of the literature to identify the available evidence. Six of the 10 guidelines used a framework for the development of the guideline. Reporting was poor in multiple guidelines. Counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy were the only treatments that were recommended for treating tinnitus associated distress by all guidelines that reported on these topics. Tinnitus retraining therapy, sound therapy, hearing aids and cochlear implantation were not unanimously recommended either due to the lack of evidence, a high risk of bias or judgement of no beneficial effect of the specific treatment. CONCLUSIONS: There were notable differences with respect to whether guidelines considered the available evidence sufficient enough to make a recommendation. Notably, we identified substantial differences in the rigour of guideline design and development. Reporting was poor in many guidelines. Future guidelines could benefit from the use of reporting tools to improve reporting and transparency and the inclusion of guideline experts and patients to improve the quality of clinical practice guidelines on tinnitus.
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spelling pubmed-105109432023-09-21 Analysis and comparison of clinical practice guidelines regarding treatment recommendations for chronic tinnitus in adults: a systematic review Meijers, Sebastiaan Stegeman, Inge van der Leun, Josephine A Assegaf, Saloua A Smit, Adriana L BMJ Open Ear, Nose and Throat/Otolaryngology OBJECTIVES: To determine if, and to what extent, published clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of chronic tinnitus vary in their recommendations. DESIGN: Systematic review of guidelines. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE and GIN electronic databases were searched in March 2022 and the search was updated in June 2023. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: We included clinical practice guidelines that gave recommendations on the treatment of tinnitus. No language restrictions were applied. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Two independent reviewers extracted the data and used the AGREE checklist to report on reporting. RESULTS: A total of 10 guidelines were identified and included, published between 2011 and 2021. Recommendations for 13 types of tinnitus treatments were compared. Large differences in guideline development and methodology were found. Seven of the 10 guidelines included a systematic search of the literature to identify the available evidence. Six of the 10 guidelines used a framework for the development of the guideline. Reporting was poor in multiple guidelines. Counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy were the only treatments that were recommended for treating tinnitus associated distress by all guidelines that reported on these topics. Tinnitus retraining therapy, sound therapy, hearing aids and cochlear implantation were not unanimously recommended either due to the lack of evidence, a high risk of bias or judgement of no beneficial effect of the specific treatment. CONCLUSIONS: There were notable differences with respect to whether guidelines considered the available evidence sufficient enough to make a recommendation. Notably, we identified substantial differences in the rigour of guideline design and development. Reporting was poor in many guidelines. Future guidelines could benefit from the use of reporting tools to improve reporting and transparency and the inclusion of guideline experts and patients to improve the quality of clinical practice guidelines on tinnitus. BMJ Publishing Group 2023-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10510943/ /pubmed/37714675 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072754 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Assegaf, Saloua A
Smit, Adriana L
Analysis and comparison of clinical practice guidelines regarding treatment recommendations for chronic tinnitus in adults: a systematic review
title Analysis and comparison of clinical practice guidelines regarding treatment recommendations for chronic tinnitus in adults: a systematic review
title_full Analysis and comparison of clinical practice guidelines regarding treatment recommendations for chronic tinnitus in adults: a systematic review
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title_short Analysis and comparison of clinical practice guidelines regarding treatment recommendations for chronic tinnitus in adults: a systematic review
title_sort analysis and comparison of clinical practice guidelines regarding treatment recommendations for chronic tinnitus in adults: a systematic review
topic Ear, Nose and Throat/Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10510943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37714675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072754
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