TY - JOUR
T1 - The GIN-McMaster guideline tool extension for the integration of quality improvement and quality assurance in guidelines
T2 - a description of the methods for its development
AU - Piggott, Thomas
AU - Langendam, Miranda W.
AU - Parmelli, Elena
AU - Adolfsson, Jan
AU - Akl, Elie A.
AU - Armstrong, David
AU - Braithwaite, Jeffrey
AU - Brignardello-Petersen, Romina
AU - Brozek, Jan
AU - Follmann, Markus
AU - Kopp, Ina
AU - Meerpohl, Joerg J.
AU - Neamtiu, Luciana
AU - Nothacker, Monika
AU - Qaseem, Amir
AU - Rossi, Paolo Giorgi
AU - Saz-Parkinson, Zuleika
AU - van der Wees, Philip J.
AU - Schünemann, Holger J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflicts of interests: MN and IK are employed by the AWMF as methodological advisers for guideline and guideline-based quality indicator development. The AWMF receives continuous grants from the German Cancer Aid for guideline and guideline-based quality indicator development. HJS developed the GIN-McMaster checklist with colleagues, some of which are involved in this work and he is co-chair of the GRADE working group. JB reports grants that support his work from the National Health and Medical Research Council ( APP9100002, APP1134459, APP1176620 ) and the Medical Research Future Fund ( APP1178554 ). HJS, TP, ML received financial support for this work from the European Commission.
Funding Information:
Funding: This project was funded by the European Commission ( CT-EX2016D289038-102 ) under the umbrella of the European Commission Initiatives on Breast and Colorectal Cancer (ECIBC and ECICC). The funder supported travel to complete this work and reviewed the final manuscript.
Funding Information:
Funding: This project was funded by the European Commission (CT-EX2016D289038-102) under the umbrella of the European Commission Initiatives on Breast and Colorectal Cancer (ECIBC and ECICC). The funder supported travel to complete this work and reviewed the final manuscript.Conflicts of interests: MN and IK are employed by the AWMF as methodological advisers for guideline and guideline-based quality indicator development. The AWMF receives continuous grants from the German Cancer Aid for guideline and guideline-based quality indicator development. HJS developed the GIN-McMaster checklist with colleagues, some of which are involved in this work and he is co-chair of the GRADE working group. JB reports grants that support his work from the National Health and Medical Research Council (APP9100002, APP1134459, APP1176620) and the Medical Research Future Fund (APP1178554). HJS, TP, ML received financial support for this work from the European Commission.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background and Objectives: Our objective was to develop an extension of the widely used GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist and Tool for the integration of quality assurance and improvement (QAI) schemes with guideline development. Methods: We used a mixed-methods approach incorporating evidence from a systematic review, an expert workshop and a survey of experts to iteratively create an extension of the checklist for QAI through three rounds of feedback. As a part of this process, we also refined criteria of a good guideline-based quality indicator. Results: We developed a 40-item checklist extension addressing steps for the integration of QAI into guideline development across the existing 18 topics and created one new topic specific to QAI. The steps span from ‘organization, budget, planning and training’, to updating of QAI and guideline implementation. Conclusion: The tool supports integration of QAI schemes with guideline development initiatives and it will be used in the forthcoming integrated European Commission Initiative on Colorectal Cancer. Future work should evaluate this extension and QAI items requiring additional support for guideline developers and links to QAI schemes.
AB - Background and Objectives: Our objective was to develop an extension of the widely used GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist and Tool for the integration of quality assurance and improvement (QAI) schemes with guideline development. Methods: We used a mixed-methods approach incorporating evidence from a systematic review, an expert workshop and a survey of experts to iteratively create an extension of the checklist for QAI through three rounds of feedback. As a part of this process, we also refined criteria of a good guideline-based quality indicator. Results: We developed a 40-item checklist extension addressing steps for the integration of QAI into guideline development across the existing 18 topics and created one new topic specific to QAI. The steps span from ‘organization, budget, planning and training’, to updating of QAI and guideline implementation. Conclusion: The tool supports integration of QAI schemes with guideline development initiatives and it will be used in the forthcoming integrated European Commission Initiative on Colorectal Cancer. Future work should evaluate this extension and QAI items requiring additional support for guideline developers and links to QAI schemes.
KW - Checklist
KW - GIN-McMaster Checklist
KW - GRADE
KW - Guidelines
KW - Health decision-making
KW - Performance monitoring
KW - Quality assurance
KW - Quality improvement
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85130898700
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 35436527
SN - 0895-4356
JO - Journal of clinical epidemiology
JF - Journal of clinical epidemiology
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being