| Title |
Guidelines for Guidelines: Are They Up to the Task? A Comparative Assessment of Clinical Practice Guideline Development Handbooks
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0049864 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shabnam Ansari, Arash Rashidian |
| Abstract |
We conducted a comparative review of clinical practice guideline development handbooks. We aimed to identify the main guideline development tasks, assign weights to the importance of each task using expert opinions and identify the handbooks that provided a comprehensive coverage of the tasks. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| Egypt | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 50% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Peru | 2 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 28% |
| Unknown | 9 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 35% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 19 | 24% |