%0 Journal Article
%T Plasmodium vivax malaria across South America: management guidelines and their quality assessment.
%A Rodríguez JAI
%A Rodríguez SNI
%A Olivera MJ
%J Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
%V 53
%N 0
%D 2020
%M 33027415
%F 2.141
%R 10.1590/0037-8682-0179-2020
%X <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Plasmodium vivax malaria represents a major public health problem. This study presents the quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for the management of P. vivax malaria.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>A systematic review was conducted in PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. Additionally, five guidelines were assessed with the AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation) II protocol.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The general performance on the domains of stakeholder involvement, development rigor, and editorial independence was low.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Most guidelines lack a solid research methodology, which implies ambiguous accuracy. Much needs to be done in the area of therapeutics and quality of policies.