Standardising evidence strength grading for recommendations from multiple clinical practice guidelines: a South African case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Significant resources are required to write de novo clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). There are many freely-available CPGs internationally, for many health conditions. Developing countries rarely have the resources for de novo CPGs, and there could be efficiencies in using CPGs developed elsewhere. This paper outlines a novel process developed and tested in a resource-constrained country (South Africa) to synthesise findings from multiple international CPGs on allied health (AH) stroke rehabilitation.

Methods

Methodologists, policy-makers, content experts and consumers collaborated to describe the pathway of an 'average' stroke patient through the South African public healthcare system and pose questions about best-practice stroke rehabilitation along this path

SUBMITTER: Grimmer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6114483 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature