NURS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Medical Guideline, Systematic Review, Comparator
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Note: this guide is intended to generally highlight the most important features of this type of critical appraisal. It is not all-inclusive and does not represent or reflect any specific currently-available critical appraisal tool (cat). Is the overall objective, purpose and question (pico) for the guideline clearly stated? (pico: patient intervention comparator outcome) Are there hints of bias or untoward influence in the process? (types of bias: financial, study selection, process, expert, publication) Are the guidelines presented in a user-friendly and easy to follow format? (are they actionable?) Preparation guidance for this document was obtained from the following sources: Developed by ens / jennings / kamel / pohar (2012) Committee to advise the public health service on clinical practice guidelines iom. Clinical practice guidelines: directions for a new program. Dahm, p. , yeung, l. , gallucci, m. , simone, g & schunemann, h. (2008). Guyatt, g, oxman, a. , kunz, r. , falck-ytter, y, alonso-coello, p, schinemann, h. (2008).
