Comparison of alternative evidence summary and presentation formats in clinical guideline development: a mixed-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Best formats for summarising and presenting evidence for use in clinical guideline development remain less well defined. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of different evidence summary formats to address this gap.

Methods

Healthcare professionals attending a one-week Kenyan, national guideline development workshop were randomly allocated to receive evidence packaged in three different formats: systematic reviews (SRs) alone, systematic reviews with summary-of-findings tables, and 'graded-entry' formats (a 'front-end' summary and a contextually framed narrative report plus the SR). The influence of format on the proportion of correct responses to key clinical questions, the primary outcome, was assessed using a written test. The secondary outcome was a composite

SUBMITTER: Opiyo N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3555827 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature