Development of a prioritisation tool for the updating of clinical guideline questions: The UpPriority Tool protocol

Introduction Due to a continuous emergence of new evidence, clinical guidelines (CGs) require regular surveillance of evidence to maintain their trustworthiness. The updating of CGs is resource intensive and time consuming; therefore, updating may include a prioritisation process to efficiently ensu...

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Authors: García L.M.; Pardo-Hernandez H.; De Guzman E.N.; Superchi C.; Ballesteros M.; McFarlane E.; Penman K.; Posso M.; Figuls M.R.; Sanabria A.J.; Selva A.; Vernooij R.W.M.; Alonso-Coello P.
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Keyword:clinical research
consensus
content analysis
ethics
feasibility study
hospital
human
medicine
practice guideline
quantitative study
semi structured interview
systematic review
evidence based medicine
health care delivery
questionnaire
standards
total quality management
Delivery of Health Care
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality Improvement
Surveys and Questionnaires
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description Introduction Due to a continuous emergence of new evidence, clinical guidelines (CGs) require regular surveillance of evidence to maintain their trustworthiness. The updating of CGs is resource intensive and time consuming; therefore, updating may include a prioritisation process to efficiently ensure recommendations remain up to date. The objective of our project is to develop a pragmatic tool to prioritise clinical questions for updating within a CG. Methods and analysis To develop the tool, we will use the results and conclusions of a systematic review of methodological research on prioritisation processes for updating and will adopt a methodological approach we have successfully implemented in a previous experience. We will perform a multistep process including (1) generation of an initial version of the tool, (2) optimisation of the tool (feasibility test of the tool, semistructured interviews, Delphi consensus survey, external review by CG methodologists and users and pilot test of the tool) and (3) approval of the final version of the tool. At each step of the process, we will (1) calculate absolute frequencies and proportions (quantitative data), (2) use content analysis to summarise and draw conclusions (qualitative data) and (3) draft a final report, discuss results and refine the previous versions of the tool. Finally, we will calculate intraclass coefficients with 95% CIs for each item and overall as indicators of agreement among reviewers. Ethics and dissemination We have obtained a waiver of approval from the Clinical Research Ethics Committee at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona). The results of the study will be published in peer-reviewed journal and communicated to interested stakeholders. The tool could support the standardisation of prioritisation processes for updating CGs and therefore have important implications for a more efficient use of resources in the CG field. © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved.
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spelling Development of a prioritisation tool for the updating of clinical guideline questions: The UpPriority Tool protocol García L.M. Pardo-Hernandez H. De Guzman E.N. Superchi C. Ballesteros M. McFarlane E. Penman K. Posso M. Figuls M.R. Sanabria A.J. Selva A. Vernooij R.W.M. Alonso-Coello P. clinical research consensus content analysis ethics feasibility study hospital human medicine practice guideline quantitative study semi structured interview systematic review evidence based medicine health care delivery questionnaire standards total quality management Delivery of Health Care Evidence-Based Medicine Humans Practice Guidelines as Topic Quality Improvement Surveys and Questionnaires Introduction Due to a continuous emergence of new evidence, clinical guidelines (CGs) require regular surveillance of evidence to maintain their trustworthiness. The updating of CGs is resource intensive and time consuming; therefore, updating may include a prioritisation process to efficiently ensure recommendations remain up to date. The objective of our project is to develop a pragmatic tool to prioritise clinical questions for updating within a CG. Methods and analysis To develop the tool, we will use the results and conclusions of a systematic review of methodological research on prioritisation processes for updating and will adopt a methodological approach we have successfully implemented in a previous experience. We will perform a multistep process including (1) generation of an initial version of the tool, (2) optimisation of the tool (feasibility test of the tool, semistructured interviews, Delphi consensus survey, external review by CG methodologists and users and pilot test of the tool) and (3) approval of the final version of the tool. At each step of the process, we will (1) calculate absolute frequencies and proportions (quantitative data), (2) use content analysis to summarise and draw conclusions (qualitative data) and (3) draft a final report, discuss results and refine the previous versions of the tool. Finally, we will calculate intraclass coefficients with 95% CIs for each item and overall as indicators of agreement among reviewers. Ethics and dissemination We have obtained a waiver of approval from the Clinical Research Ethics Committee at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona). The results of the study will be published in peer-reviewed journal and communicated to interested stakeholders. The tool could support the standardisation of prioritisation processes for updating CGs and therefore have important implications for a more efficient use of resources in the CG field. © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP https://iibsantpau.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=10717 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027062266&doi=10.1136%2fbmjopen-2017-017226&partnerID=40&md5=4e09f62783006f9937ab2d6977006b5a
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García L.M.
clinical research
consensus
content analysis
ethics
feasibility study
hospital
human
medicine
practice guideline
quantitative study
semi structured interview
systematic review
evidence based medicine
health care delivery
questionnaire
standards
total quality management
Delivery of Health Care
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality Improvement
Surveys and Questionnaires
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title Development of a prioritisation tool for the updating of clinical guideline questions: The UpPriority Tool protocol
title_full Development of a prioritisation tool for the updating of clinical guideline questions: The UpPriority Tool protocol
title_fullStr Development of a prioritisation tool for the updating of clinical guideline questions: The UpPriority Tool protocol
title_full_unstemmed Development of a prioritisation tool for the updating of clinical guideline questions: The UpPriority Tool protocol
title_short Development of a prioritisation tool for the updating of clinical guideline questions: The UpPriority Tool protocol
title_sort Development of a prioritisation tool for the updating of clinical guideline questions: The UpPriority Tool protocol
topic clinical research
consensus
content analysis
ethics
feasibility study
hospital
human
medicine
practice guideline
quantitative study
semi structured interview
systematic review
evidence based medicine
health care delivery
questionnaire
standards
total quality management
Delivery of Health Care
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality Improvement
Surveys and Questionnaires
topic_facet clinical research
consensus
content analysis
ethics
feasibility study
hospital
human
medicine
practice guideline
quantitative study
semi structured interview
systematic review
evidence based medicine
health care delivery
questionnaire
standards
total quality management
Delivery of Health Care
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality Improvement
Surveys and Questionnaires
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