The GuideLine Implementability Appraisal (GLIA): development of an instrument to identify obstacles to guideline implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical practice guidelines are not uniformly successful in influencing clinicians' behaviour toward best practices. Implementability refers to a set of characteristics that predict ease of (and obstacles to) guideline implementation. Our objective is to develop and validate a tool for appraisal of implementability of clinical guidelines.

Methods

Indicators of implementability were identified from the literature and used to create items and dimensions of the GuideLine Implementability Appraisal (GLIA). GLIA consists of 31 items, arranged into 10 dimensions. Questions from 9 of the 10 dimensions are applied individually to each recommendation of the guideline. Decidability and Executability are critical dimensions. Other dimensions are Global, Presentation and For

SUBMITTER: Shiffman RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1190181 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature