The advantages and limitations of guideline adaptation frameworks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The implementation of evidence-based guidelines can improve clinical and public health outcomes by helping health professionals practice in the most effective manner, as well as assisting policy-makers in designing optimal programs. Adaptation of a guideline to suit the context in which it is intended to be applied can be a key step in the implementation process. Without taking the local context into account, certain interventions recommended in evidence-based guidelines may be infeasible under local conditions. Guideline adaptation frameworks provide a systematic way of approaching adaptation, and their use may increase transparency, methodological rigor, and the quality of the adapted guideline. This paper presents a number of adaptation frameworks that are currently a

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5975671 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature