A meta schema for evidence information in clinical practice guidelines as a basis for decision-making.
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Clinical practice guidelines are an important instrument to aid physicians during medical diagnosis and treatment. Currently, different guideline developing organizations try to define and integrate evidence information into such guidelines. However, the coding schemas and taxonomies used for the evidence information differ widely, which makes the use cumbersome and demanding. We explored these various schemas and developed a meta schema for the evidence information, which covers the most important components of the existing ones, is comprehensible, and easy to understand for the users. We developed and assessed the usefulness and applicability of our meta schema with guideline developers and physicians.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Katharina Kaiser, Patrick Martini, Silvia Miksch, Alime Oztürk
Institution: TU Wien
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1671350809