title: [Quality of the Spanish Clinical Guidelines about Alzheimer's Disease and others Dementias].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The care of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias has become a priority for healthcare systems. This is evidenced by the increasing number of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) developed in our country aimed to help professionals in making health decisions. The aim of our study was to evaluate the quality of the Spanish CPG on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias using the AGREE II instrument.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine GPC were selected according to the inclusion criteria: Full GPC available; aimed to healthcare professionals; and published between 2002-2013. Two reviewers independently assessed the quality of the guides through the AGREE II instrument, in order to assess the methodological rigor and transparency of the GPC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  88.8% of the guides scored a very poor quality editorial independence. Respect to rigor in the development and clarity of presentation, 77.7% also scored very low quality. There is a guide that stands out for a score above 50% in all domains of the instrument.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The worst scored domains were Editorial independence, Rigor in the development and Applicability, in this order. The highest rated domains were Scope and Objectives and Clarity of Presentation. The guideline of the Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality is the best, obtaining a score above 50% in all domains. Overall, the quality of the 9 guidelines evaluated is low or very low, only two of them score as good overall quality.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería. Universidad de Jaén. Jaén. lparra@ujaen.es.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parra-Anguita
authors.affiliation: Hospital de San Juan de la Cruz. Úbeda. Jaén.
authors.forename: Nani
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Granero-Moya
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería. Universidad de Jaén. Jaén.
authors.forename: Pedro L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Pancorbo-Hidalgo
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013030:Spain
keywords: Alzheimer Disease; Dementia; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Nursing; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Quality Control; Spain