ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal

The Protocol for the Development of Iranian Clinical Practice Guideline on Dyslipidemia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Vahid Ashoorion 1
Nizal Sarrafzadegan 2, 3
Shahla Shahidi 2
Fahimeh Bagherikholenjani 2

1 Humber River Hospital, Toronto, ON Canada

2 Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3 Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

https://doi.org/10.48305/arya.2023.41868.2904
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The prevention and control of dyslipidemia, as an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), is a priority for the healthcare system to reduce the burden of these diseases. The purpose of this protocol is to outline the key steps of the first Iranian Dyslipidemia Clinical Practice Guideline development, which can be used by other researchers as a guide to design a standard, comprehensive, evidence-based, and local context-based guideline.
METHOD: This guideline will be developed and reported according to the format of the World Health Organization (WHO) Handbook for Guideline Development. All members of the guideline development team will sign the declaration-of-competing-interests (DOI) forms. The development of the authors’ guideline will be supported by five groups: the steering committee (SC), the Guideline Developing Group (GDG), the systematic review (evidence synthesis) group, and the external review group. The authors will also establish a patient advisory group to inform guideline development by patients’ values and preferences. The SC and GDG will determine the scope of the guideline and will design PICO questions. The systematic review group will systematically search Embase, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar from inception. The systematic review group will assess the risk of bias and create evidence summaries using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system. The recommendations of this guideline will be divided into strong recommendations and weak or conditional recommendations or suggestions.
CONCLUSION: This clinical practice guideline will provide clinicians and healthcare professionals with new evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, management, and treatment of dyslipidemia in children and adults.
 

Keywords

Dyslipidemias
Practice guidelines
GRADE Approach
Recommendations
Suggestion
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ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal
Volume 19, Issue 6
November and December 2023
Pages 27-35

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