Defining key questions for clinical practice guidelines: a novel approach for developing clinically relevant questions

Health Research Policy and Systems

Jacinta Dermentzis¹  Danielle Mazza¹  Samantha Chakraborty¹  Bianca Brijnath² 

[1] Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Road, 3150, Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia;Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Road, 3150, Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia;National Ageing Research Institute Ltd, Parkville, Australia;

关键词: Clinical judgement;    Key clinical questions;    Guideline scope;    Clinical practice guideline;    Implementation;    General practitioner;    GP;    Guideline methodology;    Guideline manual;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12961-020-00628-3

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThere is no standardised protocol for developing clinically relevant guideline questions. We aimed to create such a protocol and to apply it to developing a new guideline.MethodsWe reviewed international guideline manuals and, through consensus, combined steps for developing clinical questions to produce a best-practice protocol that incorporated qualitative research. The protocol was applied to develop clinical questions for a guideline for general practitioners.ResultsA best-practice protocol incorporating qualitative research was created. Using the protocol, we developed 10 clinical questions that spanned diagnosis, management and follow-up.ConclusionsGuideline developers can apply this protocol to develop clinically relevant guideline questions.

【 授权许可】

CC BY