The GIN-McMaster guideline tool extension for the integration of quality improvement and quality assurance in guidelines: a description of the methods for its development

Abstract: Objective
Our objective was to develop an extension of the widely used GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist and Tool for the integration of quality assurance and improvement (QAI) schemes with guideline development.

Study Design and Setting
We used a mixed-methods approach incorporating evidence from a systematic review, an expert workshop and a survey of experts to iteratively create an extension of the checklist for QAI through 3 rounds of feedback. As part of this process, we also refined criteria of a good guideline-based quality indicator.

Results
We developed a 40-item checklist extension addressing steps for the integration of QAI into guideline development across the existing 18 topics and created one new topic specific to QAI. The steps span from ‘organization, budget, planning and training’, to updating of QAI and guideline implementation.

Conclusions
The tool supports integration of QAI schemes with guideline development initiatives and it will be used in the forthcoming integrated European Commission Initiative on Colorectal Cancer. Future work should evaluate this extension and QAI items requiring additional support for guideline developers and links to QAI schemes

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Journal of clinical epidemiology. - 154 (2023) , 197-203, ISSN: 1878-5921

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Freiburg
(who)
Universität
(when)
2022
Creator
Piggott, Thomas
Langendam, Miranda
Parmelli, Elena
Adolfsson, Jan
Akl, Elie A.
Armstrong, David
Braithwaite, Jeffrey
Brignardello-Petersen, Romina
Brożek, Jan L.
Follmann, Markus
Kopp, Ina
Meerpohl, Jörg J.
Neamţiu, Luciana
Nothacker, Monika Judith
Qaseem, Amir
Giorgi Rossi, Paolo
Saz-Parkinson, Zuleika
Wees, Philip J. van der
Schünemann, Holger J.

DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.002
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2266105
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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