The AAP successfully utilized existing stakeholder interest to create an overarching guideline for managing LBP across multiple primary care disciplines. The study highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the Program, and identified practical strategies for improvement. Evaluating guideline adaptation processes is pivotal to ensuring that they continue to be an efficient, rigorous and practicable option for producing contextualized, clinically relevant guidelines.
This standard was constructed by the SEARCH group and used as a validation or comparison database to check retrieval properties of filters. Five guideline organizations, CBO, HAS, IUMSP, AQuMed, and INCa, added key references to this database. The tested filters are filters for systematic reviews/ meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and observational studies. The filters are in use by the guideline organizations in October 2009. Also a consensus filter for each study design, developed during the SEARCH workshop of the GIN conference in Lisboa by participants, was tested. RESULTS: In the validation database 83 references were classified as systematic reviews/meta-analysis. The recall of the tested search filters for this study design ranged from 73% to 100%. As RCTs, 228 references were classified and the recall of filters for RCTs ranged from 94% to 98%. The database contained 207 references classified as observational studies. The recall for this design ranged from 66% to 78%. Looking at the "Lisboa" consensus filter, recall for systematic reviews/meta-analysis was 100%, for RCTs 97%, and for observational studies 77%. DISCUSSION (CONCLUSION):The data show that much can be learned by comparing search methods for retrieval of literature. If guideline organizations use the same methodological search filters, effective and efficient collaboration is promoted. The validation or comparison database offers a tool to use for informed decisions about filter choice. Overall, better retrieval of available strong evidence is considered as important. The SEARCH group has the intention to share many products for information retrieval. TARGET AUDIENCE(S): 1. Evidence synthesizer, developer of systematic reviews or meta-analyses 2. Guideline developer 3. Developer of guideline-based products 4. Quality improvement manager/facilitator 5. Medical educator 6. Allied health professionals 7. Consumers' and patients' representatives S41-Just finished developing a guideline; how did we do? A process evaluation Christa Harstall, MHSA (Presenter)
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