Synthesis of clinical practice guideline recommendations for the primary health care of chronic musculoskeletal pain.

The process of developing composite recommendations from multiple CPGs enables end-users to access comprehensive information on managing CMSP in PHC settings that is not available from one singular CPG. The content and evidence base for recommendations varied between CPGs. A similar stepwise process may be used to develop a core set of recommendations for other health conditions, where multiple, diverse CPGs exist.