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Addressing Challenges When Applying GRADE to Public Health Guidelines: A Scoping Review Protocol and Pilot Analysis

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  • Lucia Kantorová

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Tereza Friessová

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Simona Slezáková

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Alena Langaufová

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Jiří Kantor

    (Center of Evidence-Based Education & Arts Therapies: A JBI Affiliated Group, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Žižkovo nám. 5, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
    Institute of Special Education Studies, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Žižkovo nám. 5, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic)

  • Zachary Munn

    (JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia)

  • Timothy Hugh Barker

    (JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia)

  • Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi

    (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Berkeley Square, 99 Berkeley Street, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK)

  • Reem A. Mustafa

    (Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 3L8, Canada
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA)

  • Marija Franka Žuljević

    (Department of Medical Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia)

  • Marina Lukežić

    (Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia)

  • Jitka Klugarová

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Abanoub Riad

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Tereza Vrbová

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Andrea Pokorná

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Petra Búřilová

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Jiří Búřil

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Ist Department of Neurology, St. Anne´s Faculty Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Pekařská 664/53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Aleksandar Kirkovski

    (PZU MK & RR Centar Medikal, 7000 Bitola, Macedonia)

  • Nensi Ćaćić

    (Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia)

  • Ljerka Delač

    (Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Braće Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia)

  • Ružica Tokalić

    (Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia)

  • Tina Poklepović Peričić

    (Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia)

  • Miloslav Klugar

    (Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech EBHC: JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

Abstract

This is a protocol for a scoping review that aims to determine how guideline authors using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) approach have addressed previously identified challenges related to public health. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews will be followed. We will search and screen titles of guidelines for all languages published in 2013–2021 in: the GIN library, BIGG database, Epistemonikos GRADE guidelines repository, GRADEpro Database, MAGICapp, NICE and WHO websites. Two reviewers will independently screen full texts of the documents identified. The following information will be extracted: methods used for identifying different stakeholders and incorporating their perspectives; methods for identification and prioritization of non-health outcomes; methods for determining thresholds for decision-making; methods for incorporating and grading evidence from non-randomized studies; methods for addressing concerns with conditional recommendations in public health; methods for reaching consensus; additional methodological concerns; and any modifications made to GRADE. A combination of directed content analysis and descriptive statistics will be used for data analysis, and the findings presented narratively in a tabular and graphical form. In this protocol, we present the pilot results from 13 identified eligible guidelines issued between January and August 2021. We will publish the full review results when they become available.

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  • Lucia Kantorová & Tereza Friessová & Simona Slezáková & Alena Langaufová & Jiří Kantor & Zachary Munn & Timothy Hugh Barker & Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi & Reem A. Mustafa & Marija Franka Žuljević & , 2022. "Addressing Challenges When Applying GRADE to Public Health Guidelines: A Scoping Review Protocol and Pilot Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:992-:d:725956
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