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Defining key questions for clinical practice guidelines: a novel approach for developing clinically relevant
Samantha Chakraborty1, Bianca Brijnath2,3, Jacinta Dermentzis2
1Department 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, Notting Hill, Victoria, 3150, Australia. samantha.chakraborty@monash.edu.
Background:
There 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.
Methods:
We 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.
Results:
A best-practice protocol incorporating qualitative research was created. Using the protocol, we developed 10 clinical questions that spanned diagnosis, management and follow-up.
Conclusions:
Guideline developers can apply this protocol to develop clinically relevant guideline questions.
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