Adapting clinical practice guidelines for diabetic retinopathy in Kenya: process and outputs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of clinical practice guidelines envisages augmenting quality and best practice in clinical outcomes. Generic guidelines that are not adapted for local use often fail to produce these outcomes. Adaptation is a systematic and rigorous process that should maintain the quality and validity of the guideline, while making it more usable by the targeted users. Diverse skills are required for the task of adaptation. Although adapting a guideline is not a guarantee that it will be implemented, adaptation may improve acceptance and adherence to its recommendations.

Methods

We describe the process used to adapt clinical guidelines for diabetic retinopathy in Kenya, using validated tools and manuals. A technical working group consisting of volunteers provided leadersh

SUBMITTER: Mwangi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6003001 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature