Reference no: EM133619742
Synopsis
What does the guideline address? Clinical questions, conditions, and/or interventions?
What population of patients does the guideline address?
Did the panel use existing systematic reviews (SRs), or did they conduct their own?
What clinical outcome(s) was the guideline designed to achieve?
What are the main recommendations?
What is the date on the guideline and how recent are the cited evidence sources?
What system was used to grade the recommendations?
Credibility
Was the panel made up of people with the necessary expertise?
Are the goals for developing the guideline explicit and clear?
Does the guideline production process include all the widely recognized steps?
Were the systematic reviews (SRs) used of high quality?
Are differences in evidence for sub-populations recognized?
Is the evidence supporting each recommendation graded or stated as adequate to strong?
Is the guideline current? (based on issue date and date of most recent evidence included)
Is the panels' confidence in each recommendation clear?
Are the recommendations credible?
Clinical Significance
Are essential elements of any recommended action or intervention clearly stated?
Is the magnitude of benefit associated with each recommendation clinically important?
Is the panel's certainty or confidence in each recommendation clear?
Were patient concerns, values, and risks addressed?
Were downsides or costs of each recommendation addressed?
Was the guideline reviewed by outside experts and a member of the public or field tested?
Are the recommendations clinically significant?
Applicability
Does the guideline address a problem, weakness, or decision we are examining in our setting?
Did the research evidence involve patients similar to ours and was the setting similar to ours?
Is what we will have to do to implement the new protocol realistically achievable by us (resources, capability, commitment)? What is needed to successfully implement the guideline?
How will we know whether our patients are benefiting from our new protocol?
Are these recommendations applicable to our setting? If no, what client/patient population would benefit from implementation of this guideline?