PURPOSE Complete and accurate reporting of original research in the biomedical literature is essential for healthcare professionals to translate research outcomes appropriately into clinical practice. Use of reporting guidelines has become commonplace among journals, peer reviewers, and authors. This narrative review aims 1) to inform investigators, peer reviewers, and authors of original resea...

BACKGROUND Diabetes during pregnancy can lead to severe risks for both mother and fetus when it is not managed properly. The use of rigorously developed guidelines with a robust implementation process can have a positive influence on the management of diabetes during pregnancy. This study aims to compare recommendations and assess the quality of clinical guidelines on gestational diabetes melli...

OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of guidelines published in peer-reviewed literature concerning the role of physiotherapy in the management of patients with RA. METHODS A systematic literature search for clinical practice guidelines that included physiotherapy interventions was performed in four electronic databases. We assessed the quality of the selected guidelines using the appraisal of gui...

A variety of rating instruments that evaluate the quality of practice guidelines have been published. Application of these instruments can be difficult and time-consuming. In a literature review, we identified two evaluation instruments that are comprehensive, have clearly defined constructs, and have undergone validation/testing-the Guidelines Quality Assessment Questionnaire (GQAQ) and the Ap...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether North American guidelines published subsequent to and in the same topic areas as those developed by the US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) meet the same methodological criteria. STUDY DESIGN A guideline appraisal instrument containing 30 criteria was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the AHCPR guidelines, "updates" of the AHCPR gu...

The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), in close partnership with the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR) has developed a series of Technical Quality Control (TQC) guidelines for radiation treatment equipment. These guidelines outline the performance objectives that equipment should meet in order to ensure an acceptable level of radiation treatment quality. The ...

The American College of Physicians (ACP) established its evidence-based clinical practice guidelines program in 1981. The ACP's Guidelines Committee and the staff of the Clinical Programs and Quality of Care Department develop the clinical recommendations. The ACP develops 2 different types of clinical recommendations: clinical practice guidelines and clinical guidance statements. The ACP clini...

re clinical guidelines valid tools for evidence-based pracice? The quality of guidelines varies widely, and they hould be assessed on a case-by-case basis. This commenary points to some leading initiatives and resources for xcellence in and access to guidelines. Major assessments of guidelines respectively published n peer-reviewed journals and issued by specialty societies aised serious concer...

Are clinical guidelines valid tools for evidencebased practice? The quality of guidelines varies widely, and they should be assessed on a case-bycase basis. This commentary points to some leading initiatives and resources for excellence in and access to guidelines. Major assessments of guidelines respectively published in peer-reviewed journals and issued by specialty societies raised serious c...

OBJECTIVE The main objectives of this study were to implement quality circle programs among general practitioners and to evaluate this quality management tool as a way to develop clinical guidelines in general practice. DESIGN The quality circle program was evaluated within a formative and summative evaluation design by both participants and moderators for a period of 18 months using structur...