Development of the implementability assessment tool for clinical practice guidelines based on the COSMIN framework and factorial experiment: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Clinical practice guidelines are essential tools for standardizing medical practices and improving healthcare quality. However, current guideline implementation is unsatisfactory. Barriers to guideline implementation include external environmental factors (e.g., medical personnel, medical institutions, local policies) and intrinsic characteristics (e.g., context, format, language etc.), with the latter being addressable by optimizing the guidelines themselves. This study aims to develop an appraisal tool to promote effective guideline implementation. Existing guideline implementability appraisal tools lack a clear theoretical basis, evidence of reliability and validity, and/or empirically-based guidance for effective implementation, all of which will be addressed in th

SUBMITTER: Zhong D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562645 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature