Attached at the end of the manuscript are the PRISMA statement and flowchart detailing the methods of data extraction and abstraction.
The consensus statement and the flowchart has been circulated to GPs and used in training activities.
The consensus statement and accompanying flowchart make a number of practical and achievable recommendations to improve clinical treatment in primary care.
In 2007, the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Associations of the European Society of Cardiology proposed in a consensus statement a diagnostic flowchart providing a strategy on "How to diagnose HFNEF" [ 3].
A multi-disciplinary group that included primary care professionals (PCPs) developed an evidence-based consensus statement with an accompanying flowchart that aimed at providing concise and specific guidance on NSAID use in osteoarthritis treatment.
This is done, using ladder logic diagram, statement lists, or control flowcharts software, by representing the logical conditions, sequences, and interlocks required for operating equipment or a machine in an automatic sequence.
To address these uncertainties and in the light of additional clinical evidence, we therefore developed an evidence-based consensus statement, and an accompanying management flowchart to provide more specific guidance for GPs and others working with osteoarthritis patients in primary care.
A flow proof (or flowchart proof) delineates your statements and reasons into a structure that allows you to follow your train of thought.
Figure 1 shows patient flowchart, according to the CONSORT statement advice.
Figure 1 summarises the review flowchart in accordance with PRISMA statement [ 26].
