A new scale for the evaluation of clinical practice guidelines applicability: development and appraisal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to develop the clinical practice guidelines applicability evaluation (CPGAE-V1.0) scale and to evaluate its validity and reliability.

Methods

One hundred fifty assessors were invited to rate two rounds of importance scoring of the applicability indicators by using the 5-point Likert scale. Approved indicators formed the CPGAE-V1.0 scale, consisting of 19 items, arranged into 4 domains. We enrolled eligible clinicians from 8 institutions to evaluate 9 clinical practice guidelines using the CPGAE-V1.0 scale. Content validity, construct validity, internal reliability, intra-rater reliability, and responsiveness were analyzed.

Results

A total of 220 clinicians participated, and the response rate was 98.6% (217/220). The CPGAE-V1.0 scale had fav

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5918771 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature