Implementation of Nationwide Evidence- and Consensus-Based Guidelines to Harmonize Neonatal Care in The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A Dutch committee for National Guidelines in Neonatology developed nineteen evidence- and consensus-based guidelines to be used in all Dutch neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The primary goal was to make clinical practices more uniform and consistent.

Objective

This study investigated to what extent the guidelines were implemented and which factors played a role in implementation.

Study design

A mixed method study design was used to investigate both the level and the process of implementation. A nationwide, multicenter, cross-sectional survey was performed using a validated instrument for measuring the level of implementation (Normalization MeAsure Development questionnaire, NoMAD). The number of implemented guidelines per NICU and the frequency and co

SUBMITTER: Talsma E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160856 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature