From "getting things right" to "getting things right now": Developing COVID-19 guidance under time pressure and knowledge uncertainty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, guidance was needed more than ever to direct frontline healthcare and national containment strategies. Rigorous guidance based on robust research was compromised by the emergence of the pandemic and the urgency of need for guidance. Rather than aiming to "get guidance right", guidance developers needed to "get guidance right now".

Aim

To examine how guidance developers have responded to the need for credible guidance at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

An exploratory mixed-methods study was conducted among guidance developers. A web-based survey and follow-up interviews were used to examine the most pertinent challenges in developing COVID-19 guidance, strategies used to address these, and perspectives on th

SUBMITTER: Moleman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8657322 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature