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Abstract
Background
Practice guideline development can be lengthy and resource consuming. Additionally, duplication of efforts contributes to research waste. Adaptation of guidelines provides an alternative solution by building on existing guideline efforts and considering contextual factors.
Objective
To identify, describe and evaluate the methods used in a select set of published adapted health related guidelines and to assess the reporting quality of these guidelines.
Methods
We searched MEDLINE (Ovid) and Embase (Ovid) from 2015 to March 29, 2023, to identify new adapted guidelines since the systematic survey published by Abdul Khalek et al. Eligible studies included adaptations of health–related guidelines. We did not restrict eligibility based on language. We excluded studies that described an adaptation framework but not an actual adaptation effort, meeting abstracts, studies that were local adaptation efforts for the purpose of implementation, studies appraising clinical practice guidelines for the purpose of adaptation or reporting only algorithms. Reviewers extracted data on the characteristics of the source guideline and adapted guideline, additional information on methods and tools used and resources required, and results of process including limitations and strengths. We also extracted data to assess the reporting quality of adapted guidelines using the RIGHT-Ad@pt checklist. All steps were done in duplicate and independently. We will conduct a descriptive analysis of all variables.
Results
In this update we screened 14,022 unique citations and identified 164 eligible studies.
Of those 149 were published in English and 15 in other languages. Currently, we have extracted 50% of studies and will have the results in time for the Global Evidence Summit.
Discussion
Our study will identify methods used for adaptation and the quality of reporting of health–related guideline adaptations. Furthermore, the results of this work are planned to inform the GIN-McMaster Guidelines Development Checklist extension for guideline adaptation.
Practice guideline development can be lengthy and resource consuming. Additionally, duplication of efforts contributes to research waste. Adaptation of guidelines provides an alternative solution by building on existing guideline efforts and considering contextual factors.
Objective
To identify, describe and evaluate the methods used in a select set of published adapted health related guidelines and to assess the reporting quality of these guidelines.
Methods
We searched MEDLINE (Ovid) and Embase (Ovid) from 2015 to March 29, 2023, to identify new adapted guidelines since the systematic survey published by Abdul Khalek et al. Eligible studies included adaptations of health–related guidelines. We did not restrict eligibility based on language. We excluded studies that described an adaptation framework but not an actual adaptation effort, meeting abstracts, studies that were local adaptation efforts for the purpose of implementation, studies appraising clinical practice guidelines for the purpose of adaptation or reporting only algorithms. Reviewers extracted data on the characteristics of the source guideline and adapted guideline, additional information on methods and tools used and resources required, and results of process including limitations and strengths. We also extracted data to assess the reporting quality of adapted guidelines using the RIGHT-Ad@pt checklist. All steps were done in duplicate and independently. We will conduct a descriptive analysis of all variables.
Results
In this update we screened 14,022 unique citations and identified 164 eligible studies.
Of those 149 were published in English and 15 in other languages. Currently, we have extracted 50% of studies and will have the results in time for the Global Evidence Summit.
Discussion
Our study will identify methods used for adaptation and the quality of reporting of health–related guideline adaptations. Furthermore, the results of this work are planned to inform the GIN-McMaster Guidelines Development Checklist extension for guideline adaptation.