Developing and evaluating communication strategies to support informed decisions and practice based on evidence (DECIDE) : Protocol and preliminary results
Treweek, Shaun (University of Dundee (Regne Unit))
Oxman, Andrew D. (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services)
Alderson, Philip (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Manchester, Regne Unit))
Bossuyt, Patrick M. (Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam)
Brandt, Linn (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services)
Brozek, Jan (McMaster University Health Sciences Centre (Hamilton, Canadà))
Davoli, Marina (Italian Cochrane Network)
Flottorp, Signe (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services)
Harbour, Robin (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Delta House)
Hill, Suzanne (Australian National University)
Liberati, Alessandro (The Italian Cochrane Centre)
Liira, Helena (The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim)
Schünemann, Holger J. (McMaster University Health Sciences Centre (Hamilton, Canadà))
Rosenbaum, Sarah (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services)
Thornton, Judith (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence)
Vandvik, Per Olav (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services)
Alonso-Coello, Pablo (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2013
Abstract:	Background: Healthcare decision makers face challenges when using guidelines, including understanding the quality of the evidence or the values and preferences upon which recommendations are made, which are often not clear. Methods: GRADE is a systematic approach towards assessing the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations in healthcare. GRADE also gives advice on how to go from evidence to decisions. It has been developed to address the weaknesses of other grading systems and is now widely used internationally. The Developing and Evaluating Communication Strategies to Support Informed Decisions and Practice Based on Evidence (DECIDE) consortium (http://www. decide-collaboration. eu/), which includes members of the GRADE Working Group and other partners, will explore methods to ensure effective communication of evidence-based recommendations targeted at key stakeholders: healthcare professionals, policymakers, and managers, as well as patients and the general public. Surveys and interviews with guideline producers and other stakeholders will explore how presentation of the evidence could be improved to better meet their information needs. We will collect further stakeholder input from advisory groups, via consultations and user testing; this will be done across a wide range of healthcare systems in Europe, North America, and other countries. Targeted communication strategies will be developed, evaluated in randomized trials, refined, and assessed during the development of real guidelines. Discussion: Results of the DECIDE project will improve the communication of evidence-based healthcare recommendations. Building on the work of the GRADE Working Group, DECIDE will develop and evaluate methods that address communication needs of guideline users. The project will produce strategies for communicating recommendations that have been rigorously evaluated in diverse settings, and it will support the transfer of research into practice in healthcare systems globally. © 2013 Treweek et al. ; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Communication ; Guidelines ; Presentation formats ; Recommendations
Published in:	Implementation Science, Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (september 2013) , p. 6, ISSN 1748-5908

DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-6
PMID: 23302501

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