The implementation of prioritization exercises in the development and update of health practice guidelines: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The development of trustworthy guidelines requires substantial investment of resources and time. This highlights the need to prioritize topics for guideline development and update.

Objective

To systematically identify and describe prioritization exercises that have been conducted for the purpose of the de novo development, update or adaptation of health practice guidelines.

Methods

We searched Medline and CINAHL electronic databases from inception to July 2019, supplemented by hand-searching Google Scholar and the reference lists of relevant studies. We included studies describing prioritization exercises that have been conducted during the de novo development, update or adaptation of guidelines addressing clinical, public health or health systems topics. T

SUBMITTER: El-Harakeh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083273 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature