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Lecture 5 – Search, retrieval and appraisal of the guidelines

Lecture 5 – Search, retrieval and appraisal of the guidelines. Janine Margarita R. Dizon , PhD Janine.Dizon@mymail.unisa.edu.au Research Supervisor Center for Health Research and Movement Science University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. Objectives. Lecture

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Lecture 5 – Search, retrieval and appraisal of the guidelines

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  1. Lecture 5 – Search, retrieval and appraisal of the guidelines Janine Margarita R. Dizon, PhDJanine.Dizon@mymail.unisa.edu.au Research Supervisor Center for Health Research and Movement ScienceUniversity of Santo Tomas, Philippines

  2. Objectives • Lecture • To present the steps in searching, retrieving and appraising of the guidelines • Practical work • To develop a search strategy to exhaust existing clinical guidelines relevant to the topic • To apply the search strategy in various relevant guideline sites: • To evaluate the quality of the guidelines using the iCAHE guideline tool

  3. Search for the guidelines

  4. Designing the search • Comprehensive guideline is needed • Clinical guidelines + P (population with the condition) + I (intervention)

  5. Keywords • Keywords for the stroke guideline • clinical guidelines AND stroke OR occlusive vascular diseases OR transient ischemic attacks AND rehabilitation. • Keywords for the low back pain guideline • clinical guidelines AND low back pain OR acute/sub-acute/chronic low back pain AND rehabilitation.

  6. Search engines • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) • National Health and Medical Research Center (NHMRC) • New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG) • National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) • Google, Google Scholar and Professional websites (general search) • Locally published clinical guidelines

  7. Inclusion criteria 1. Includes rehabilitation as part of the guideline 2. Is written in English 3. Publication date from 2006 – 2011

  8. Retrieval of the guidelines

  9. Retrieval • Retrieval of the guidelines was done during the 2-day workshop • Updated search and retrieval all through out the period of writing the guidelines

  10. Appraisal of the guidelines

  11. Critical appraisal of the guidelines • Important to assess guideline quality • iCAHE guideline tool – practical and easy to use guideline checklist

  12. Main components • Availability • Dates • Underlying evidence • Guideline developers • Guideline purpose and users • Ease of use • iCAHEtool.pdf

  13. Thank you

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