Perceptions and attitudes of clinicians in Spain toward clinical practice guidelines and grading systems : A protocol for a qualitative study and a national survey
Kotzeva, Anna (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
Solà, Ivan (Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Carrasco, José Miguel (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón)
Díaz Del Campo, Petra (Agencia Laín Entralgo. Consejería de Sanidad y Consumo de la Comunidad de Madrid)
Gracia, Francisco Javier (Agencia Laín Entralgo. Consejería de Sanidad y Consumo de la Comunidad de Madrid)
Calderón, Enrique (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
De Gaminde, Idoia (Servicio Navarro de Salud)
Estrada, Maria Dolores (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
Martínez, Flora (Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Sevilla)
Orrego, Carola (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut Universitari Avedis Donabedian)
Rotaeche, Rafael (Centro de Salud de Alza)
Salcedo, Flavia (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón)
Velzquez, Paola (Consultas Médicas y Psicolágicas)
Alonso-Coello, Pablo (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut Universitari de Qualitat Assistencial i Seguretat Clínica Avedis Donabedian

Fecha:	2010
Resumen:	Background: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have become a very popular tool for decision making in healthcare. While there is some evidence that CPGs improve outcomes, there are numerous factors that influence their acceptability and use by healthcare providers. While evidence of clinicians' knowledge, perceptions and attitudes toward CPGs is extensive, results are still disperse and not conclusive. Our study will evaluate these issues in a large and representative sample of clinicians in Spain. Methods/Design. A mixed-method design combining qualitative and quantitative research techniques will evaluate general practitioners (GPs) and hospital-based specialists in Spain with the objective of exploring attitudes and perceptions about CPGs and evidence grading systems. The project will consist of two phases: during the first phase, group discussions will be carried out to gain insight into perceptions and attitudes of the participants, and during the second phase, this information will be completed by means of a survey, reaching a greater number of clinicians. We will explore these issues in GPs and hospital-based practitioners, with or without previous experience in guideline development. Discussion. Our study will identify and gain insight into the perceived problems and barriers of Spanish practitioners in relation to guideline knowledge and use. The study will also explore beliefs and attitudes of clinicians towards CPGs and evidence grading systems used to rate the quality of the evidence and the strength of recommendations. Our results will provide guidance to healthcare researchers and healthcare decision makers to improve the use of guidelines in Spain and elsewhere. © 2010 Kotzeva et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Ayudas:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PI08/90647 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CP09/00137
Nota:	FADQ
Nota:	This project has been funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (PI08 90647). The publication of this document has been funded within the framework of collaboration designed for the Quality Plan of the Spanish National Health System, under the agreement signed by the Carlos III Health Institute and the Aragon Health Science Institute as GuiaSalud secretariat. Pablo Alonso-Coello is funded by a Miguel Servet contract by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CP09/00137).
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicado en:	BMC health services research, Vol. 10 (2010) , p. 328, ISSN 1472-6963

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-328
PMID: 21129195

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