A provincial adaptation of clinical practice guidelines for depression in primary care: a case illustration of the ADAPTE method

Abstract

The ADAPTE methodology provided structure, rigour and efficiency to the trans-contextual adaptation of guideline recommendations. We will share the challenges associated with the adaptation of clinical recommendations and organizational strategies for a mental health guideline, and the dissemination of the practice protocol in primary care.

Assessment of implementability of an adapted clinical practice guideline for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis at a tertiary care university hospital

“…Patient‐centered or “person”‐centered care and consideration of the patient's experience are vital components of proper ethical and modern evidence‐based health care. Similar recommendations were reported in other case studies for ADAPTE CPGs …”

Exploring guideline adaptation strategy for Turkey: Is “ADAPTE” feasible or does it need adaptation as well?

“…Our review of the literature has confirmed that there is increasing interest in adapting guidelines around the world . Most of these examples are from developed settings and not all of them end up with building a new revised tool.…”

“…It is known that CAN‐IMPLEMENT was derived from the original ADAPTE Manual for cancer guidelines. ADAPTE has been used in several settings . Although, we did not compare 2 resources systematically via content analysis, we carefully reviewed both resources anddecided to use ADAPTE for the study purpose.…”

“…ADAPTE has been used in several settings. [11][12][13][14][15] Although, we did not compare 2 resources systematically via content analysis, we carefully reviewed both resources anddecided to use ADAPTE for the study purpose.…”

“…Our review of the literature has confirmed that there is increasing interest in adapting guidelines around the world. 4,11,12,14,15,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] into Costa Rican context. 28 This study shows that it is possible to use international guideline sources to develop local guidelines with limited resources in an acceptable time period.…”