Trends in the development process of clinical practice guidelines: a questionnaire survey for the guideline development groups in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are representative methods for promoting healthcare standardization and improving its quality. Previous studies on the CPG (published by 2006) development process in Japan reported that the involvement of experts and patients, efficient evidence collection and appraisal, and paucity of evidence on Japanese patients should be improved for the efficient CPG development. This study aimed to clarify the trends of CPG development process in Japan, focusing on the involvement of experts and patients, efficient evidence collection and appraisal, and paucity of Japanese evidence.

Methods

A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted for CPG development groups to collect information on the development activities of the CPGs publis

SUBMITTER: Hatakeyama Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783421 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature