Synthesis of guideline recommendations
We conducted a textual descriptive synthesis to analyse the scope,
content and consistency of the recommendations. Initially, the
guidelines were read by PLV to gain an overall knowledge of guideline
content. PLV inductively coded the text manually to identify
domains covered by the guidelines. The inclusion of specific themes
and domains were discussed with the team. These were crosstabulated
with the guidelines and recommendations were inserted
into the corresponding cell. For each domain, we compared guideline
recommendations to identify similarities and discrepancies.