HHS’s umbrella review assessed 17 systematic reviews and rated the overall evidence for psychological outcomes, quality of life, regret, and long-term health as very low quality. It is an HHS review commissioned under EO 14187, not a clinical practice guideline.
The umbrella review found that the overall quality of evidence concerning the effects of any intervention on psychological outcomes, quality of life, regret, or long-term health, is very low.
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HHS’s umbrella review assessed 17 systematic reviews and rated the overall evidence for psychological outcomes, quality of life, regret, and long-term health as very low quality. It is an HHS review commissioned under EO 14187, not a clinical practice guideline. The review was performed by HHS under the administration that ordered the underlying policy review; it is not independent confirmation of either HHS policy or a medical society guideline.