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'''Clinical practice guidelines''' are defined as "Directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?mode=&term=practice+guidelines |title=Clinical practice guidelines|author=National Library of Medicine |accessdate=2007-10-19 |format= |work=}}</ref>
'''Clinical practice guidelines''' are defined as "Directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?mode=&term=practice+guidelines |title=Clinical practice guidelines|author=National Library of Medicine |accessdate=2007-10-19 |format= |work=}}</ref>


Clinical practice guidelines were initially encouraged by the Institute of Medicine in 1990.<ref name="isbn0-309-04346-8">{{cite book |author=Lohr, Kathleen N.; Grossman, Jerome H.; Field, Marilyn J. |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Clinical practice guidelines: directions for a new program |edition= |language= |publisher=National Academy Press |location=Washington, D.C |year=1990 |origyear= |pages= |quote= |isbn=0-309-04346-8 |oclc= |doi= |url=http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=1626 |accessdate=}}</ref>
Clinical practice guidelines were initially encouraged by the Institute of Medicine in 1990.<ref name="isbn0-309-04346-8">{{cite book |author=Lohr, Kathleen N.; Grossman, Jerome H.; Field, Marilyn J. |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Clinical practice guidelines: directions for a new program |edition= |language= |publisher=National Academy Press |location=Washington, D.C |year=1990 |origyear= |pages= |quote= |isbn=0-309-04346-8 |oclc= |doi= |url=http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=1626 |accessdate=}}</ref>


==Problems with guidelines==
They are becoming increasingly important in healthcare economics, as a means of avoiding waste on ineffective treatment approaches. At the same time, there are concerns that overemphasizing them may limit legitimate physician decisionmaking about the needs of specific patients. Some insurers emphasize their use,<ref name=AHIP-CP>{{citation
| title = Clinical Practice Guidelines in Health Plans: A Model Process
| url = http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?docid=2290
| publisher = [[America's Health Insurance Plans]]
| accessdate = 7 November 2010
}}</ref> needed to go outside them.
==Methods==
 
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:larger;"> [[Institute of Medicine]] (IOM) Standards for Trustworthiness</span><ref name="pmid23299601">{{cite journal| author=Ransohoff DF, Pignone M, Sox HC| title=How to decide whether a clinical practice guideline is trustworthy. | journal=JAMA | year= 2013 | volume= 309 | issue= 2 | pages= 139-40 | pmid=23299601 | doi=10.1001/jama.2012.156703 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23299601  }} </ref><br>
# Transparent process
# Conflicts of interest
# Systematic reviews
# Guideline development group composition
# Evidence quality and recommendation strength
# Articulating recommendations
# External review
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Standards for the conduct of clinical practice guidelines are available<ref name="pmid22473437">{{cite journal| author=Qaseem A, Forland F, Macbeth F, Ollenschläger G, Phillips S, van der Wees P et al.| title=Guidelines International Network: toward international standards for clinical practice guidelines. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2012 | volume= 156 | issue= 7 | pages= 525-31 | pmid=22473437 | doi=10.1059/0003-4819-156-7-201204030-00009 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22473437  }} </ref> including recommendations by the [[Institute of Medicine]].<ref>Institute of Medicine (2011). [http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines-We-Can-Trust/Standards.aspx Standards for Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines]</ref>
 
Standards for reporting guidelines are available.<ref>Chen et al. A Reporting Tool for Practice Guidelines in Health Care: The RIGHT Statement. Ann Intern Med 2016. {{doi|10.7326/M16-1565}}</ref>
 
Part of creating a clinical practice guideline is to gather and assess all of the relevant research. This task can be done using a framework such as the GRADE system.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000094 | volume = 6
| issue = 9  | pages = e1000094 | last = Kavanagh | first = Brian P.  | title = The GRADE System for Rating Clinical Guidelines
| journal = PLoS Med | accessdate = 2009-09-16 | date = 2009 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000094
}}</ref> Techniques such as  [[decision analysis]] <ref  name="pmid10605977">{{cite journal| author=Kuntz KM, Tsevat J,  Weinstein MC, Goldman L| title=Expert panel vs decision-analysis  recommendations for postdischarge coronary angiography after myocardial  infarction. | journal=JAMA | year= 1999 | volume= 282 | issue= 23 |  pages= 2246-51 | pmid=10605977
|  url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10605977  }} <!--Formatted by  http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> and [[nominal group technique]]<ref  name="pmid10605977">{{cite journal| author=Kuntz KM, Tsevat J,  Weinstein MC, Goldman L| title=Expert panel vs decision-analysis  recommendations for postdischarge coronary angiography after myocardial  infarction. | journal=JAMA | year= 1999 | volume= 282 | issue= 23 |  pages= 2246-51 | pmid=10605977
|  url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10605977  }} <!--Formatted by  http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> may improve the validity of clinical  practice guidelines. The methods of guidelines are evolving.<ref name="pmid25103073">{{cite journal| author=Jacobs AK, Anderson JL, Halperin JL| title=The Evolution and Future of ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines: A 30-Year Journey: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2014 | volume=  | issue=  | pages=  | pmid=25103073 | doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2014.06.001 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25103073  }} </ref>
 
==Benefits and disadvantages of guidelines==
Medical care guided by evidence-based guidelines may be associated with better outcomes among patients with [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.259
| volume = 169
| issue = 16
| pages = 1525-1531
| last = McCabe
| first = Caitlin
| coauthors = Cheryl Kirchner, Huiling Zhang, Jennifer Daley, David N. Fisman
| title = Guideline-Concordant Therapy and Reduced Mortality and Length of Stay in Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Playing by the Rules
| journal = Arch Intern Med
| accessdate = 2009-09-15
| date = 2009-09-14
| url = http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/16/1525
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.265
| volume = 169
| issue = 16
| pages = 1515-1524
| last = Arnold
| first = Forest W.
| coauthors = A. Scott LaJoie, Guy N. Brock, Paula Peyrani, Jordi Rello, Rosario Menendez, Gustavo Lopardo, Antoni Torres, Paolo Rossi, Julio A. Ramirez, for the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Investigators
| title = Improving Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia by Adhering to National Guidelines: Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization International Cohort Study Results
| journal = Arch Intern Med
| accessdate = 2009-09-15
| date = 2009-09-14
| url = http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/16/1515
}}</ref>
 
==Disadvantages of guidelines==
Guidelines may have trouble with both validity and readability.<ref name="pmid17909225">{{cite journal |author=Dartnell J, Hemming M, Collier J, Ollenschlaeger G |title=Putting evidence into context: some advice for guideline writers |journal=Evidence-based medicine |volume=12 |issue=5 |pages=130–2 |year=2007 |pmid=17909225 |doi=10.1136/ebm.12.5.130-a |issn=}}</ref> This trouble may be increasing.<ref name="pmid19244190">{{cite journal |author=Tricoci P, Allen JM, Kramer JM, Califf RM, Smith SC |title=Scientific evidence underlying the ACC/AHA clinical practice guidelines |journal=JAMA |volume=301 |issue=8 |pages=831–41 |year=2009 |month=February |pmid=19244190 |doi=10.1001/jama.2009.205 |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19244190 |issn=}}</ref> Even guidelines that are technically well-done may not be acceptable to clinicians.<ref name="pmid18030541">{{cite journal |author=Nuckols TK, Lim YW, Wynn BO, ''et al'' |title=Rigorous Development does not Ensure that Guidelines are Acceptable to a Panel of Knowledgeable Providers |journal=J Gen Intern Med |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2007 |pmid=18030541 |doi=10.1007/s11606-007-0440-9}}</ref>
Guidelines may have trouble with both validity and readability.<ref name="pmid17909225">{{cite journal |author=Dartnell J, Hemming M, Collier J, Ollenschlaeger G |title=Putting evidence into context: some advice for guideline writers |journal=Evidence-based medicine |volume=12 |issue=5 |pages=130–2 |year=2007 |pmid=17909225 |doi=10.1136/ebm.12.5.130-a |issn=}}</ref> This trouble may be increasing.<ref name="pmid19244190">{{cite journal |author=Tricoci P, Allen JM, Kramer JM, Califf RM, Smith SC |title=Scientific evidence underlying the ACC/AHA clinical practice guidelines |journal=JAMA |volume=301 |issue=8 |pages=831–41 |year=2009 |month=February |pmid=19244190 |doi=10.1001/jama.2009.205 |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19244190 |issn=}}</ref> Even guidelines that are technically well-done may not be acceptable to clinicians.<ref name="pmid18030541">{{cite journal |author=Nuckols TK, Lim YW, Wynn BO, ''et al'' |title=Rigorous Development does not Ensure that Guidelines are Acceptable to a Panel of Knowledgeable Providers |journal=J Gen Intern Med |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2007 |pmid=18030541 |doi=10.1007/s11606-007-0440-9}}</ref>


A structured comparison of clinical practice guidelines for the [[diabetes mellitus type 2]] found variation in guideline quality with the best guideline being produced by the [[United Kingdom]] [[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]].<ref name="pmid17876024">{{cite journal |author=Qaseem A, Vijan S, Snow V, Cross JT, Weiss KB, Owens DK |title=Glycemic control and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the optimal hemoglobin A1c targets. A guidance statement from the American College of Physicians |journal=Annals of internal medicine |volume=147 |issue=6 |pages=417–22 |year=2007 |month=September |pmid=17876024 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref>
A structured comparison of clinical practice guidelines for [[diabetes mellitus type 2]] found variation in guideline quality with the best guideline being produced by the [[United Kingdom]] [[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]].<ref name="pmid17876024">{{cite journal |author=Qaseem A, Vijan S, Snow V, Cross JT, Weiss KB, Owens DK |title=Glycemic control and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the optimal hemoglobin A1c targets. A guidance statement from the American College of Physicians |journal=Annals of internal medicine |volume=147 |issue=6 |pages=417–22 |year=2007 |month=September |pmid=17876024 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref>


There are proposals to reform the production of guidelines.<ref name="pmid19176446">{{cite journal |author=Sniderman AD, Furberg CD |title=Why guideline-making requires reform |journal=JAMA |volume=301 |issue=4 |pages=429–31 |year=2009 |month=January |pmid=19176446 |doi=10.1001/jama.2009.15 |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19176446 |issn=}}</ref>
There are proposals to reform the production of guidelines.<ref name="pmid19176446">{{cite journal |author=Sniderman AD, Furberg CD |title=Why guideline-making requires reform |journal=JAMA |volume=301 |issue=4 |pages=429–31 |year=2009 |month=January |pmid=19176446 |doi=10.1001/jama.2009.15 |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19176446 |issn=}}</ref>


===Validity===
===Validity===
Guidelines may not always be based on high quality evidence
<ref name="pmid17015870">{{cite journal| author=Hayward RA, Hofer TP, Vijan S| title=Narrative review: lack of evidence for recommended low-density lipoprotein treatment targets: a solvable problem. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2006 | volume= 145 | issue= 7 | pages= 520-30 | pmid=17015870 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17015870  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21220656">{{cite journal| author=Lee DH, Vielemeyer O| title=Analysis of overall level of evidence behind infectious diseases society of america practice guidelines. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2011 | volume= 171 | issue= 1 | pages= 18-22 | pmid=21220656 | doi=10.1001/archinternmed.2010.482 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21220656  }} </ref> and the quality of evidence used may be decreasing<ref name="pmid19244190"/>.
Two important attributes of a practice guideline are:<ref name="pmid11330080">{{cite journal |author=Mulrow CD, Lohr KN |title=Proof and policy from medical research evidence |journal=Journal of health politics, policy and law |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=249–66 |year=2001 |pmid=11330080 |doi=}}</ref>
Two important attributes of a practice guideline are:<ref name="pmid11330080">{{cite journal |author=Mulrow CD, Lohr KN |title=Proof and policy from medical research evidence |journal=Journal of health politics, policy and law |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=249–66 |year=2001 |pmid=11330080 |doi=}}</ref>
# Credibility to a range of stakeholders including clinicians, patients, and policy makers.
# Credibility to a range of stakeholders including clinicians, patients, and policy makers.
# The developers are accountable for their conclusions by using a process that is open, documented, and reproducible.
# The developers are accountable for their conclusions by using a process that is open, documented, and reproducible.


Because of concerns about the quality and validity of some practice guidelines<ref name="pmid10349893">{{cite journal |author=Shaneyfelt TM, Mayo-Smith MF, Rothwangl J |title=Are guidelines following guidelines? The methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines in the peer-reviewed medical literature |journal=JAMA |volume=281 |issue=20 |pages=1900–5 |year=1999 |pmid=10349893 |doi=|url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/20/1900}}</ref><ref name="pmid10675167">{{cite journal |author=Grilli R, Magrini N, Penna A, Mura G, Liberati A |title=Practice guidelines developed by specialty societies: the need for a critical appraisal |journal=Lancet |volume=355 |issue=9198 |pages=103–6 |year=2000 |pmid=10675167 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02171-6 }}</ref>, standards have been developed in both their reporting<ref name="pmid13679327">{{cite journal |author=Shiffman RN, Shekelle P, Overhage JM, Slutsky J, Grimshaw J, Deshpande AM |title=Standardized reporting of clinical practice guidelines: a proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=139 |issue=6 |pages=493–8 |year=2003 |pmid=13679327 |doi=|url=http://annals.org/cgi/content/full/139/6/493}}</ref><ref name="pmid8460861">{{cite journal |author=Hayward RS, Wilson MC, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Rubin HR, Haynes RB |title=More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=118 |issue=9 |pages=731–7 |year=1993 |pmid=8460861 |doi=|url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/118/9/731}}</ref> and assessment.<ref name="pmid12571340">{{cite journal |author=AGREE Collaboration |title=Development and validation of an international appraisal instrument for assessing the quality of clinical practice guidelines: the AGREE project |journal=Quality & safety in health care |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=18–23 |year=2003 |pmid=12571340 |doi=|url=http://qshc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/12/1/18}}</ref><ref name="pmid15205295">{{cite journal |author=Atkins D, Best D, Briss PA, ''et al'' for the GRADE Working Group. |title=Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations |journal=BMJ |volume=328 |issue=7454 |pages=1490 |year=2004 |pmid=15205295 |doi=10.1136/bmj.328.7454.1490|url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7454/1490/}} [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=428525 PubMed Central]</ref>
[[Bayes Theorem|Bayesian interpretation]] of guidelines may help in their interpretation.<ref name="pmid19667308">{{cite journal| author=Diamond GA, Kaul S| title=Bayesian classification of clinical practice guidelines. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2009 | volume= 169 | issue= 15 | pages= 1431-5 | pmid=19667308
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19667308 | doi=10.1001/archinternmed.2009.235 }}</ref>
 
Less rigorously developed guidelines may have more aggressive conclusions.<ref name="pmid12485552">{{cite journal| author=Fretheim A, Williams JW, Oxman AD, Herrin J| title=The relation between methods and recommendations in clinical practice guidelines for hypertension and hyperlipidemia. | journal=J Fam Pract | year= 2002 | volume= 51 | issue= 11 | pages= 963-8 | pmid=12485552
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12485552 }}</ref>
 
Guidelines may make recommendations that are stronger than the supporting evidence.<ref name="pmid23783104">{{cite journal| author=Brito JP, Domecq JP, Murad MH, Guyatt GH, Montori VM| title=The Endocrine Society guidelines: when the confidence cart goes before the evidence horse. | journal=J Clin Endocrinol Metab | year= 2013 | volume= 98 | issue= 8 | pages= 3246-52 | pmid=23783104 | doi=10.1210/jc.2013-1814 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23783104 }} </ref>
 
Guidelines developed by specialty societies may be of less quality.<ref name="pmid23089902">{{cite journal| author=Kung J, Miller RR, Mackowiak PA| title=Failure of clinical practice guidelines to meet institute of medicine standards: Two more decades of little, if any, progress. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2012 | volume= 172 | issue= 21 | pages= 1628-33 | pmid=23089902 | doi=10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.56 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23089902  }} </ref><ref name="pmid10675167">{{cite journal |author=Grilli R, Magrini N, Penna A, Mura G, Liberati A |title=Practice guidelines developed by specialty societies: the need for a critical appraisal |journal=Lancet |volume=355 |issue=9198 |pages=103–6 |year=2000 |pmid=10675167 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02171-6 }}</ref>
 
Because of concerns about the quality and validity of some practice guidelines<ref name="pmid10349893">{{cite journal |author=Shaneyfelt TM, Mayo-Smith MF, Rothwangl J |title=Are guidelines following guidelines? The methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines in the peer-reviewed medical literature |journal=JAMA |volume=281 |issue=20 |pages=1900–5 |year=1999 |pmid=10349893 |doi=|url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/20/1900}}</ref>, standards have been developed in both their reporting<ref name="pmid13679327">{{cite journal |author=Shiffman RN, Shekelle P, Overhage JM, Slutsky J, Grimshaw J, Deshpande AM |title=Standardized reporting of clinical practice guidelines: a proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=139 |issue=6 |pages=493–8 |year=2003 |pmid=13679327 |doi=|url=http://annals.org/cgi/content/full/139/6/493}}</ref><ref name="pmid8460861">{{cite journal |author=Hayward RS, Wilson MC, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Rubin HR, Haynes RB |title=More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=118 |issue=9 |pages=731–7 |year=1993 |pmid=8460861 |doi=|url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/118/9/731}}</ref> and assessment.<ref name="pmid12571340">{{cite journal |author=AGREE Collaboration |title=Development and validation of an international appraisal instrument for assessing the quality of clinical practice guidelines: the AGREE project |journal=Quality & safety in health care |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=18–23 |year=2003 |pmid=12571340 |doi=|url=http://qshc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/12/1/18}}</ref><ref name="pmid15205295">{{cite journal |author=Atkins D, Best D, Briss PA, ''et al'' for the GRADE Working Group. |title=Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations |journal=BMJ |volume=328 |issue=7454 |pages=1490 |year=2004 |pmid=15205295 |doi=10.1136/bmj.328.7454.1490|url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7454/1490/}} [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=428525 PubMed Central]</ref>
 
Oncology guidelines may have poor methods.<ref name="pmid23752105">{{cite journal| author=Reames BN, Krell RW, Ponto SN, Wong SL| title=Critical evaluation of oncology clinical practice guidelines. | journal=J Clin Oncol | year= 2013 | volume= 31 | issue= 20 | pages= 2563-8 | pmid=23752105 | doi=10.1200/JCO.2012.46.8371 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23752105 }} </ref>


====Conflict of interest====
====Conflict of interest====
[[Conflict of interest]] is a common problem with guidelines.<ref name="pmid11829700">{{cite journal |author=Choudhry NK, Stelfox HT, Detsky AS |title=Relationships between authors of clinical practice guidelines and the pharmaceutical industry |journal=JAMA |volume=287 |issue=5 |pages=612–7 |year=2002 |month=February |pmid=11829700 |doi= |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11829700 |issn=}}</ref>
[[Conflict of interest]] is a common problem with guidelines.<ref name="pmid11829700">{{cite journal |author=Choudhry NK, Stelfox HT, Detsky AS |title=Relationships between authors of clinical practice guidelines and the pharmaceutical industry |journal=JAMA |volume=287 |issue=5 |pages=612–7 |year=2002 |month=February |pmid=11829700 |doi= |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11829700 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid21990257">{{cite journal| author=Neuman J, Korenstein D, Ross JS, Keyhani S| title=Prevalence of financial conflicts of interest among panel members producing clinical practice guidelines in Canada and United States: cross sectional study. | journal=BMJ | year= 2011 | volume= 343 | issue=  | pages= d5621 | pmid=21990257 | doi=10.1136/bmj.d5621 | pmc=PMC3191201 | url= }} </ref><ref>http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.56</ref>
 
Oncology guidelines may have conflict-of-interest.<ref name="pmid23752105">{{cite journal| author=Reames BN, Krell RW, Ponto SN, Wong SL| title=Critical evaluation of oncology clinical practice guidelines. | journal=J Clin Oncol | year= 2013 | volume= 31 | issue= 20 | pages= 2563-8 | pmid=23752105 | doi=10.1200/JCO.2012.46.8371 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23752105 }} </ref>
 
===Applicability to individual patients===
Guidelines are usually developed for the care of a single disease; consequently, guidelines may direct care that is contrary to the overall well being of a patient with multiple [[Comorbidity|comorbid]] diseases.<ref name="pmid16091574">{{cite journal |author=Boyd CM, Darer J, Boult C, Fried LP, Boult L, Wu AW |title=Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases: implications for pay for performance |journal=JAMA |volume=294 |issue=6 |pages=716–24 |year=2005 |pmid=16091574 |doi=10.1001/jama.294.6.716}}</ref>


===Applicability===
Practice guidelines may not direct the health of a population as efficiently as customizing medical care based on the risk factors that each individual has in a population.<ref name="pmid20585069">{{cite journal| author=Timbie JW, Hayward RA, Vijan S| title=Variation in the net benefit of aggressive cardiovascular risk factor control across the US population of patients with diabetes mellitus. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2010 | volume= 170 | issue= 12 | pages= 1037-44 | pmid=20585069 | doi=10.1001/archinternmed.2010.150 | pmc=PMC2897053 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20585069  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21536939">{{cite journal| author=Eddy DM, Adler J, Patterson B, Lucas D, Smith KA, Morris M| title=Individualized guidelines: the potential for increasing quality and reducing costs. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2011 | volume= 154 | issue= 9 | pages= 627-34 | pmid=21536939 | doi=10.1059/0003-4819-154-9-201105030-00008 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21536939  }} </ref><ref name="pmid20083825">{{cite journal| author=Hayward RA, Krumholz HM, Zulman DM, Timbie JW, Vijan S| title=Optimizing statin treatment for primary prevention of coronary artery disease. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2010 | volume= 152 | issue= 2 | pages= 69-77 | pmid=20083825 | doi=10.1059/0003-4819-152-2-201001190-00004 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20083825  }} </ref>
Guidelines are usually developed for the care of a single disease; consequently, guidelines may direct care that is contrary to the overall well being of a patient with multiple other diseases.<ref name="pmid16091574">{{cite journal |author=Boyd CM, Darer J, Boult C, Fried LP, Boult L, Wu AW |title=Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases: implications for pay for performance |journal=JAMA |volume=294 |issue=6 |pages=716–24 |year=2005 |pmid=16091574 |doi=10.1001/jama.294.6.716}}</ref>


===Readability===
===Readability===
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===Durability===
===Durability===
Guidelines may loose their clinical relevance as they age and newer research emerges.<ref name="pmid11572738">{{cite journal |author=Shekelle PG, Ortiz E, Rhodes S, ''et al'' |title=Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality clinical practice guidelines: how quickly do guidelines become outdated? |journal=JAMA |volume=286 |issue=12 |pages=1461–7 |year=2001 |pmid=11572738 |doi=}}</ref>
Guidelines may loose their clinical relevance as they age and newer research emerges.<ref name="pmid25200758">{{cite journal| author=Martínez García L, Juliana Sanabria A, García Álvarez E, Trujillo-Martín MM, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Kotzeva A et al.| title=The validity of recommendations from clinical guidelines: a survival analysis. | journal=CMAJ | year= 2014 | volume=  | issue=  | pages=  | pmid=25200758 | doi=10.1503/cmaj.140547 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25200758  }} </ref><ref name="pmid11572738">{{cite journal |author=Shekelle PG, Ortiz E, Rhodes S, ''et al'' |title=Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality clinical practice guidelines: how quickly do guidelines become outdated? |journal=JAMA |volume=286 |issue=12 |pages=1461–7 |year=2001 |pmid=11572738 |doi=}}</ref> Even 20% of strong recommendations, especially when based on opinion rather than trials, from practice guidelines may be retracted.<ref name="pmid24867012">{{cite journal| author=Neuman MD, Goldstein JN, Cirullo MA, Schwartz JS| title=Durability of class I American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical practice guideline recommendations. | journal=JAMA | year= 2014 | volume= 311 | issue= 20 | pages= 2092-100 | pmid=24867012 | doi=10.1001/jama.2014.4949 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24867012  }} </ref>


==Effectiveness==
==Effectiveness==
===The effect of publication===
===The effect of publication===
The publication of clinical practice guidelines do not always influence health care<ref name="pmid10535437">{{cite journal |author=Cabana MD, Rand CS, Powe NR, ''et al'' |title=Why don't physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? A framework for improvement |journal=JAMA |volume=282 |issue=15 |pages=1458–65 |year=1999 |pmid=10535437 |doi=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15205295">{{cite journal |author=Atkins D, Best D, Briss PA, ''et al'' |title=Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations |journal=BMJ |volume=328 |issue=7454 |pages=1490 |year=2004 |pmid=15205295 |doi=10.1136/bmj.328.7454.1490}}</ref> or take several years to do so.<ref name="pmid8413068">{{cite journal |author=Lomas J, Sisk JE, Stocking B |title=From evidence to practice in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada |journal=The Milbank quarterly |volume=71 |issue=3 |pages=405–10 |year=1993 |pmid=8413068 |doi=}}</ref> Balanced against this is that guidelines may be out-of-date after an average of three years.<ref name="pmid11572738"/>
The publication of clinical practice guidelines do not always influence health care<ref name="pmid10535437">{{cite journal |author=Cabana MD, Rand CS, Powe NR, ''et al'' |title=Why don't physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? A framework for improvement |journal=JAMA |volume=282 |issue=15 |pages=1458–65 |year=1999 |pmid=10535437 |doi=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15205295"/> or take several years to do so.<ref name="pmid8413068">{{cite journal |author=Lomas J, Sisk JE, Stocking B |title=From evidence to practice in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada |journal=The Milbank quarterly |volume=71 |issue=3 |pages=405–10 |year=1993 |pmid=8413068 |doi=}}</ref> Guidelines published with supporting material may be effective.<ref>{{Cite journal
 
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===Other measures to increase effect===
===Other measures to increase effect===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Improving outpatient therapy for patients with low risk pneumonic<ref name="pmid12174408">{{cite journal |author=Stroebel RJ, Scheitel SM, Fitz JS, ''et al.'' |title=A randomized trial of three diabetes registry implementation strategies in a community internal medicine practice |journal=Jt Comm J Qual Improv |volume=28 |issue=8 |pages=441–50 |year=2002 |month=August |pmid=12174408 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref>
|+ Improving outpatient therapy for patients with low risk pneumonia<ref name="pmid16365469">{{cite journal| author=Yealy DM, Auble TE, Stone RA, Lave JR, Meehan TP, Graff LG et al.| title=Effect of increasing the intensity of implementing pneumonia guidelines: a randomized, controlled trial. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2005 | volume= 143 | issue= 12 | pages= 881-94 | pmid=16365469 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16365469  }} [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16646624 Review in: ACP J Club. 2006 May-Jun;144(3):80] </ref>
! colspan="3"|Intervention(s)!! rowspan="2"|Proportion of low-risk patients treated as outpatients !! rowspan="2"|Proportion of outpatients receiving all recommended processes of care
! colspan="3"|Intervention(s)!! rowspan="2"|Proportion of low-risk patients treated as outpatients !! rowspan="2"|Proportion of outpatients receiving all recommended processes of care
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Improving the [[Glycosylated hemoglobin A]] (Hb A1c)<ref name="pmid12174408">{{cite journal |author=Stroebel RJ, Scheitel SM, Fitz JS, ''et al.'' |title=A randomized trial of three diabetes registry implementation strategies in a community internal medicine practice |journal=Jt Comm J Qual Improv |volume=28 |issue=8 |pages=441–50 |year=2002 |month=August |pmid=12174408 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref>
|+ Improving the [[Glycosylated hemoglobin A]] (Hb A1c)<ref name="pmid12174408">{{cite journal |author=Stroebel RJ, Scheitel SM, Fitz JS, ''et al.'' |title=A randomized trial of three diabetes registry implementation strategies in a community internal medicine practice |journal=Jt Comm J Qual Improv |volume=28 |issue=8 |pages=441–50 |year=2002 |month=August |pmid=12174408 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19366977">{{cite journal |author=O'Connor PJ, Sperl-Hillen J, Johnson PE, Rush WA, Crain AL |title=Customized feedback to patients and providers failed to improve safety or quality of diabetes care: a randomized trial |journal=Diabetes Care |volume=32 |issue=7 |pages=1158–63 |year=2009 |month=July |pmid=19366977 |doi=10.2337/dc08-2247 |url=http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19366977 |issn=}}</ref>
! colspan="3"|Intervention(s)!! rowspan="2"|Mean reduction in Hb A1c
! colspan="3"|Intervention(s)!! rowspan="2"|Mean reduction in Hb A1c
|-
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! Physicians given list of patients uncontrolled!! Physicians given time to discuss list with care team|| Letters sent to patients uncontrolled
! Physicians given list of patients who are uncontrolled!! Letters sent to patients who are uncontrolled!!Physicians given time to discuss list with care team
|-
| colspan="4"|O'Connor PJ et al, 2009<ref name="pmid19366977"/>
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| No|| No|| No|| -0.19
|-
| Yes|| No|| No|| -0.07
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| No|| Yes|| No|| -0.12
|-
| Yes|| Yes|| No|| -0.11
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| colspan="4"|Stroebel RJ et al, 2002<ref name="pmid12174408 "/>
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| Yes|| No||No|| -0.14
| Yes|| No|| No|| -0.14
|-
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| Yes|| Yes|| No|| -0.13
| Yes|| No||Yes|| -0.13
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| Yes|| Yes|| Yes|| -0.25
| Yes|| Yes||Yes|| -0.25
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The more modalities used to implement a guideline, the more impact the guideline will have.<ref name="pmid16365469">{{cite journal |author=Yealy DM, Auble TE, Stone RA, ''et al'' |title=Effect of increasing the intensity of implementing pneumonia guidelines: a randomized, controlled trial |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=143 |issue=12 |pages=881-94 |year=2005 |pmid=16365469 |doi=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16880458">{{cite journal |author=Roumie CL, Elasy TA, Greevy R, ''et al'' |title=Improving blood pressure control through provider education, provider alerts, and patient education: a cluster randomized trial |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=145 |issue=3 |pages=165–75 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16880458 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/145/3/165 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid12174408">{{cite journal |author=Stroebel RJ, Scheitel SM, Fitz JS, ''et al.'' |title=A randomized trial of three diabetes registry implementation strategies in a community internal medicine practice |journal=Jt Comm J Qual Improv |volume=28 |issue=8 |pages=441–50 |year=2002 |month=August |pmid=12174408 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref>
The more modalities used to implement a guideline, the more impact the guideline will have.<ref name="pmid16365469"/><ref name="pmid16880458">{{cite journal |author=Roumie CL, Elasy TA, Greevy R, ''et al'' |title=Improving blood pressure control through provider education, provider alerts, and patient education: a cluster randomized trial |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=145 |issue=3 |pages=165–75 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16880458 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/145/3/165 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid12174408">{{cite journal |author=Stroebel RJ, Scheitel SM, Fitz JS, ''et al.'' |title=A randomized trial of three diabetes registry implementation strategies in a community internal medicine practice |journal=Jt Comm J Qual Improv |volume=28 |issue=8 |pages=441–50 |year=2002 |month=August |pmid=12174408 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref>


In addition, a [[systematic review]] of organizational interventions to improve the quality of care of [[diabetes mellitus type 2]] suggests that interventions based on [[complexity science]] will be more successful.<ref name="pmid-17725834">{{cite journal |author=Leykum LK ''et al.'' |title=Organizational interventions employing principles of complexity science have improved outcomes for patients with Type II diabetes |journal=Implementation Science : IS |volume=2  |pages=28 |year=2007 |pmid=17725834 |doi=10.1186/1748-5908-2-28}}</ref>
In addition, a [[systematic review]] of organizational interventions to improve the quality of care of [[diabetes mellitus type 2]] suggests that interventions based on [[complexity science]] will be more successful.<ref name="pmid-17725834">{{cite journal |author=Leykum LK ''et al.'' |title=Organizational interventions employing principles of complexity science have improved outcomes for patients with Type II diabetes |journal=Implementation Science : IS |volume=2  |pages=28 |year=2007 |pmid=17725834 |doi=10.1186/1748-5908-2-28}}</ref>


==Finding published clinical practice guidelines==
==Finding published clinical practice guidelines==
For guidelines published in the [[United States]] the [http://ngc.gov National Guidelines Clearinghouse] republishes many guidelines in a standardized format.
For guidelines published in the [[United States of America]] the [http://ngc.gov National Guidelines Clearinghouse] republishes many guidelines in a standardized format.


Guidelines can also be located at [[PubMed]] by searching for the publication type 'practice guideline'.<ref name="titleNLM Technical Bulletin, Nov–Dec 2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd07/nd07_medline_data_changes2008.html |title=MEDLINE Data Changes - 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-19 |author=Anonymous |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=Nov–Dec 2007 |format= |work=NLM Technical Bulletin |publisher=National Library of Medicine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> In addition, the [http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hedges/ Hedges Team] has published a [[MEDLINE]] search strategy.<ref name="pmid15534310">{{cite journal |author=Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB, Lavis JN, Ramkissoonsingh R, Arnold-Oatley AE |title=Optimal search strategies for detecting health services research studies in MEDLINE |journal=CMAJ |volume=171 |issue=10 |pages=1179-85 |year=2004 |pmid=15534310 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.1040512 |url=http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15534310 |issn=}}</ref>
Guidelines can also be located at [[PubMed]] by searching for the publication type 'practice guideline'.<ref name="titleNLM Technical Bulletin, Nov–Dec 2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd07/nd07_medline_data_changes2008.html |title=MEDLINE Data Changes - 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-19 |author=Anonymous |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=Nov–Dec 2007 |format= |work=NLM Technical Bulletin |publisher=National Library of Medicine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> In addition, the [http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hedges/ Hedges Team] has published a [[MEDLINE]] search strategy.<ref name="pmid15534310">{{cite journal |author=Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB, Lavis JN, Ramkissoonsingh R, Arnold-Oatley AE |title=Optimal search strategies for detecting health services research studies in MEDLINE |journal=CMAJ |volume=171 |issue=10 |pages=1179-85 |year=2004 |pmid=15534310 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.1040512 |url=http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15534310 |issn=}}</ref>


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Clinical practice guidelines are defined as "Directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery."[1]

Clinical practice guidelines were initially encouraged by the Institute of Medicine in 1990.[2]

They are becoming increasingly important in healthcare economics, as a means of avoiding waste on ineffective treatment approaches. At the same time, there are concerns that overemphasizing them may limit legitimate physician decisionmaking about the needs of specific patients. Some insurers emphasize their use,[3] needed to go outside them.

Methods

Institute of Medicine (IOM) Standards for Trustworthiness[4]

  1. Transparent process
  2. Conflicts of interest
  3. Systematic reviews
  4. Guideline development group composition
  5. Evidence quality and recommendation strength
  6. Articulating recommendations
  7. External review
  8. Updating

Standards for the conduct of clinical practice guidelines are available[5] including recommendations by the Institute of Medicine.[6]

Standards for reporting guidelines are available.[7]

Part of creating a clinical practice guideline is to gather and assess all of the relevant research. This task can be done using a framework such as the GRADE system.[8] Techniques such as decision analysis [9] and nominal group technique[9] may improve the validity of clinical practice guidelines. The methods of guidelines are evolving.[10]

Benefits and disadvantages of guidelines

Medical care guided by evidence-based guidelines may be associated with better outcomes among patients with pneumonia.[11][12]

Disadvantages of guidelines

Guidelines may have trouble with both validity and readability.[13] This trouble may be increasing.[14] Even guidelines that are technically well-done may not be acceptable to clinicians.[15]

A structured comparison of clinical practice guidelines for diabetes mellitus type 2 found variation in guideline quality with the best guideline being produced by the United Kingdom National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.[16]

There are proposals to reform the production of guidelines.[17]

Validity

Guidelines may not always be based on high quality evidence [18][19] and the quality of evidence used may be decreasing[14].

Two important attributes of a practice guideline are:[20]

  1. Credibility to a range of stakeholders including clinicians, patients, and policy makers.
  2. The developers are accountable for their conclusions by using a process that is open, documented, and reproducible.

Bayesian interpretation of guidelines may help in their interpretation.[21]

Less rigorously developed guidelines may have more aggressive conclusions.[22]

Guidelines may make recommendations that are stronger than the supporting evidence.[23]

Guidelines developed by specialty societies may be of less quality.[24][25]

Because of concerns about the quality and validity of some practice guidelines[26], standards have been developed in both their reporting[27][28] and assessment.[29][30]

Oncology guidelines may have poor methods.[31]

Conflict of interest

Conflict of interest is a common problem with guidelines.[32][33][34]

Oncology guidelines may have conflict-of-interest.[31]

Applicability to individual patients

Guidelines are usually developed for the care of a single disease; consequently, guidelines may direct care that is contrary to the overall well being of a patient with multiple comorbid diseases.[35]

Practice guidelines may not direct the health of a population as efficiently as customizing medical care based on the risk factors that each individual has in a population.[36][37][38]

Readability

Guidelines can be very difficult to read which may contribute to lack of impact.[39] For this reason, some are now written with the inverse pyramid structure.[40][41]

Durability

Guidelines may loose their clinical relevance as they age and newer research emerges.[42][43] Even 20% of strong recommendations, especially when based on opinion rather than trials, from practice guidelines may be retracted.[44]

Effectiveness

The effect of publication

The publication of clinical practice guidelines do not always influence health care[45][30] or take several years to do so.[46] Guidelines published with supporting material may be effective.[47]Balanced against this is that guidelines may be out-of-date after an average of three years.[43]

Other measures to increase effect

Improving outpatient therapy for patients with low risk pneumonia[48]
Intervention(s) Proportion of low-risk patients treated as outpatients Proportion of outpatients receiving all recommended processes of care
Audit and feedback Instruction on using the pneumonia severity index Real-time reminders
Yes No No 38% 25%
Yes Yes No 61% 28%
Yes Yes Yes 62% 61%
Improving the Glycosylated hemoglobin A (Hb A1c)[49][50]
Intervention(s) Mean reduction in Hb A1c
Physicians given list of patients who are uncontrolled Letters sent to patients who are uncontrolled Physicians given time to discuss list with care team
O'Connor PJ et al, 2009[50]
No No No -0.19
Yes No No -0.07
No Yes No -0.12
Yes Yes No -0.11
Stroebel RJ et al, 2002[49]
Yes No No -0.14
Yes No Yes -0.13
Yes Yes Yes -0.25

The more modalities used to implement a guideline, the more impact the guideline will have.[48][51][49]

In addition, a systematic review of organizational interventions to improve the quality of care of diabetes mellitus type 2 suggests that interventions based on complexity science will be more successful.[52]

Finding published clinical practice guidelines

For guidelines published in the United States of America the National Guidelines Clearinghouse republishes many guidelines in a standardized format.

Guidelines can also be located at PubMed by searching for the publication type 'practice guideline'.[53] In addition, the Hedges Team has published a MEDLINE search strategy.[54]

References

  1. ↑ National Library of Medicine. Clinical practice guidelines. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
  2. ↑ Lohr, Kathleen N.; Grossman, Jerome H.; Field, Marilyn J. (1990). Clinical practice guidelines: directions for a new program. Washington, D.C: National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-04346-8. 
  3. ↑ Clinical Practice Guidelines in Health Plans: A Model Process, America's Health Insurance Plans. Retrieved on 7 November 2010
  4. ↑ Ransohoff DF, Pignone M, Sox HC (2013). "How to decide whether a clinical practice guideline is trustworthy.". JAMA 309 (2): 139-40. DOI:10.1001/jama.2012.156703. PMID 23299601. Research Blogging.
  5. ↑ Qaseem A, Forland F, Macbeth F, Ollenschläger G, Phillips S, van der Wees P et al. (2012). "Guidelines International Network: toward international standards for clinical practice guidelines.". Ann Intern Med 156 (7): 525-31. DOI:10.1059/0003-4819-156-7-201204030-00009. PMID 22473437. Research Blogging.
  6. ↑ Institute of Medicine (2011). Standards for Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines
  7. ↑ Chen et al. A Reporting Tool for Practice Guidelines in Health Care: The RIGHT Statement. Ann Intern Med 2016. DOI:10.7326/M16-1565
  8. ↑ Kavanagh, Brian P. (2009). "The GRADE System for Rating Clinical Guidelines". PLoS Med 6 (9): e1000094. DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000094. Retrieved on 2009-09-16. Research Blogging.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kuntz KM, Tsevat J, Weinstein MC, Goldman L (1999). "Expert panel vs decision-analysis recommendations for postdischarge coronary angiography after myocardial infarction.". JAMA 282 (23): 2246-51. PMID 10605977.
  10. ↑ Jacobs AK, Anderson JL, Halperin JL (2014). "The Evolution and Future of ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines: A 30-Year Journey: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.". J Am Coll Cardiol. DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.06.001. PMID 25103073. Research Blogging.
  11. ↑ McCabe, Caitlin; Cheryl Kirchner, Huiling Zhang, Jennifer Daley, David N. Fisman (2009-09-14). "Guideline-Concordant Therapy and Reduced Mortality and Length of Stay in Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Playing by the Rules". Arch Intern Med 169 (16): 1525-1531. DOI:10.1001/archinternmed.2009.259. Retrieved on 2009-09-15. Research Blogging.
  12. ↑ Arnold, Forest W.; A. Scott LaJoie, Guy N. Brock, Paula Peyrani, Jordi Rello, Rosario Menendez, Gustavo Lopardo, Antoni Torres, Paolo Rossi, Julio A. Ramirez, for the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Investigators (2009-09-14). "Improving Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia by Adhering to National Guidelines: Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization International Cohort Study Results". Arch Intern Med 169 (16): 1515-1524. DOI:10.1001/archinternmed.2009.265. Retrieved on 2009-09-15. Research Blogging.
  13. ↑ Dartnell J, Hemming M, Collier J, Ollenschlaeger G (2007). "Putting evidence into context: some advice for guideline writers". Evidence-based medicine 12 (5): 130–2. DOI:10.1136/ebm.12.5.130-a. PMID 17909225. Research Blogging.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Tricoci P, Allen JM, Kramer JM, Califf RM, Smith SC (February 2009). "Scientific evidence underlying the ACC/AHA clinical practice guidelines". JAMA 301 (8): 831–41. DOI:10.1001/jama.2009.205. PMID 19244190. Research Blogging.
  15. ↑ Nuckols TK, Lim YW, Wynn BO, et al (2007). "Rigorous Development does not Ensure that Guidelines are Acceptable to a Panel of Knowledgeable Providers". J Gen Intern Med. DOI:10.1007/s11606-007-0440-9. PMID 18030541. Research Blogging.
  16. ↑ Qaseem A, Vijan S, Snow V, Cross JT, Weiss KB, Owens DK (September 2007). "Glycemic control and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the optimal hemoglobin A1c targets. A guidance statement from the American College of Physicians". Annals of internal medicine 147 (6): 417–22. PMID 17876024. [e]
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