Measuring guideline adherence in physiotherapy: A scoping review of methodological approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Clinical practice guidelines summarise the existing evidence on specific health conditions and aim to optimise quality of care by providing evidence-based recommendations. Studies have reported a gap between research findings and clinical practice in physiotherapy. Guideline adherence is often used as a measure of agreement between therapeutic care and guideline recommendations. However, there is currently no standardised methodological approach for measuring guideline adherence.

Aims and objective

The objective of this scoping review was to summarise the methods and results of studies that assessed guideline adherence in physiotherapy.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, PEDro and CENTRAL databases were searched for relevant literature up to December 2022. Published r

SUBMITTER: Bahns C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12381545 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature