Studies from Monash University in the Area of Health and Medicine Reported (Defining key questions for clinical practice guidelines: a novel approach for developing clinically relevant questions)

2020 OCT 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine. According to news originating from Victoria, Australia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “There is no standardised protocol for developing clinically relevant guideline questions. We aimed to create such a protocol and to apply it to developing a new guideline.”

Funders for this research include State Insurance Regulatory Authority, Australian Government Department of Jobs and Small Business, Comcare, Office of Industrial Relations - Queensland Government, ReturntoWorkSA, WorkCover WA.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Monash University, “We reviewed international guideline manuals and, through consensus, combined steps for developing clinical questions to produce a best-practice protocol that incorporated qualitative research. The protocol was applied to develop clinical questions for a guideline for general practitioners. A best-practice protocol incorporating qualitative research was created. Using the protocol, we developed 10 clinical questions that spanned diagnosis, management and follow-up.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Guideline developers can apply this protocol to develop clinically relevant guideline questions.”

For more information on this research see: Defining key questions for clinical practice guidelines: a novel approach for developing clinically relevant questions. Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020;18(1):113. (BioMed Central - http://www.biomedcentral.com/; Health Research Policy and Systems - www.health-policy-systems.com)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Samantha Chakraborty, Dept. of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill, Victoria, 3150, Australia. Additional authors for this research include Bianca Brijnath, Jacinta Dermentzis and Danielle Mazza.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00628-3. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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