Title |
Guidelines 2.0: systematic development of a comprehensive checklist for a successful guideline enterprise
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Published in |
Canadian Medical Association Journal, December 2013
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DOI | 10.1503/cmaj.131237 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Holger J. Schünemann, Wojtek Wiercioch, Itziar Etxeandia, Maicon Falavigna, Nancy Santesso, Reem Mustafa, Matthew Ventresca, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Kaja-Triin Laisaar, Sérgio Kowalski, Tejan Baldeh, Yuan Zhang, Ulla Raid, Ignacio Neumann, Susan L. Norris, Judith Thornton, Robin Harbour, Shaun Treweek, Gordon Guyatt, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Marge Reinap, Jan Brožek, Andrew Oxman, Elie A. Akl |
Abstract |
Although several tools to evaluate the credibility of health care guidelines exist, guidance on practical steps for developing guidelines is lacking. We systematically compiled a comprehensive checklist of items linked to relevant resources and tools that guideline developers could consider, without the expectation that every guideline would address each item. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 21 | 20% |
Canada | 21 | 20% |
United Kingdom | 8 | 8% |
Chile | 6 | 6% |
Mexico | 3 | 3% |
Italy | 2 | 2% |
Australia | 2 | 2% |
United States | 2 | 2% |
Finland | 1 | <1% |
Other | 10 | 9% |
Unknown | 30 | 28% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 72 | 68% |
Scientists | 16 | 15% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 15 | 14% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Canada | 4 | 2% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
Colombia | 2 | 1% |
Spain | 2 | 1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 171 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 33 | 18% |
Student > Master | 27 | 15% |
Other | 16 | 9% |
Professor | 12 | 7% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 6% |
Other | 45 | 25% |
Unknown | 38 | 21% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 84 | 46% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 7% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 2% |
Computer Science | 4 | 2% |
Other | 21 | 12% |
Unknown | 49 | 27% |